I grew up in Switzerland in a very happy and creative household. My mother was the first German woman to receive a scholarship after the war to go and study graphic design at Yale, where she was inspired and taught by the top Bauhaus teachers. As so often in those days, she returned to Germany and, rather than continuing with her career in art, she married and supported my father’s path in academic medicine. I was the youngest of four, and my mother was keen to get back to work. She became the first art therapist in Switzerland, resulting in some of my earliest memories being painting, making, and playing with the children who came to my mother for help. Being creative and practical with my hands was woven into my upbringing.
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