This month Gallery Loupe is celebrating a birthday date. Both Thomas Gentille and Peter Skubic were born on August 11 and so the gallery has paired them for the show Birthday Boys. I have separated the interviews into two parts, so each artist can have his say – as brief as they are. This is part 2.
Susan Cummins: Although you were born in Yugoslavia, you have spent most of your life in Austria. Someone once told me that Austrian jewelers believe in fairytales. Do you think that is true?
Peter Skubic: No, only when they go to Hanau where the brothers Grimm were born . . . said Helen Drutt.
You have taught at a number of schools. Can you give me an example of an assignment that really challenged your students?
I always challenge my students. It is central to my teaching.
Were you trained as a goldsmith?
I was never trained as a goldsmith. I learned it by myself. I was trained as an engraver in FACHSCHULE IN STEYR.