Hans-Leo Peters

42 years Goldsmith of Goldsmith Art
Most awarded Goldsmith Artist in the world

33 national and international Awards below:

Diamonds International Award 1965, 1967, 1968, 1990, 1994
Member of the Diamonds International Academy New York 1968
Coloured Diamonds Award 1992, World Winner
National State Award for Craft Art Germany 1977
International State Award for Craft Art 1978

Worldwide publications and exhibitions

International Judge including Diamonds International Award New York 1976 and 1977
1966-1997 yearly personal exhibition SCHMUCKBILANZ
1998-2006 GOLDEN-ART®
since 2008 GOLDEN ART COLLECTION world-wide exhibition

Inventor of the following jewellery techniques:

Drawn Wire Work and Weld Etch Work as a student 1965
Gold Positive 1976 · Fine Gold a´ jour 1978
Inventor of the Op Art in Goldsmith Art 1972
Co Inventor of the Kinetic in Goldsmith Art (first DIA 1965 as a student)
More Kinetic Inventions like Rolling Stones 1971 · Kinetic of Vibration 1976
Discoverer of the Braille Art in Goldsmith Art 1996 (Language of Light)
The Braille Art Sign 2002 · The Braille Art Sculpture in three Dimension 2007
Inventor of these Precious Stones:
Op Stone 1972 · Life Stone 1975 · Braille Stone 2001
Named the following orientations in Goldsmith Art:
Turn Art after inventing the Magic Square 1984, DIA 1990
Ocean Art · Active Art · Vivid Art · Sun Art
Golden Personality 1981 · Taurus Art since 1968
Golden Green · Golden Poetry · Philosophers` Stone

“Hans-Leo Peters is one of the leading contemporary goldsmiths.
With his work, which has gained worldwide recognition, and his creative approach, he gives new impetus to the whole world of jewellery time and again.”
(Worldwide Laudation 1976 as DIA Judge)

Hans-Leo Peters 1941
1959-62 Apprenticeship as Gold- and Silversmith
1962-66 Study of Goldsmith Art with Diploma in Düsseldorf, Germany
Since 1966 free-acting Goldsmith Artist
Since 1966 married with the Enamel Artist Ute Achenbach-Peters,
2 children and 4 grandchildren
1975 Building of Atelierhaus Peters in Germany
1998 Buying the Studio House Aomotu, New Zealand
2002 Permanent Residence in New Zealand
2006 Sale of the German Atelierhaus and permanent resident only of New Zealand