Hergen Böttcher was born in 1964 and is a passionate woodturner with a particular soft spot for local woods. His main focus is on fruit and ornamental woods, whose grains tell the stories of the trees that come from his immediate surroundings. Knotholes, cracks, color changes between heartwood and sapwood or even color changes due to the influence of tree fungi are particularly pleasing to his heart. He lovingly processes these woods into useful kitchen utensils that no household should be without. Salt, pepper and nutmeg mills are just as much a part of his repertoire as traditional kitchen gadgets from days long gone. Some of the products turned and carved by Hergen Böttcher were almost forgotten and are now experiencing a renaissance here.

Hergen Böttcher has a journeyman's certificate as a carpenter and graduated in 1997 with a Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in interior design from Detmold. From 1997 he worked in an architectural office in Hamburg and from 2002 was involved in the development of the furniture collection for Commod Manufakturen in Bremen. In 2004, he designed his first wooden vessels and objects. Hergen Böttcher has been working in his own workshop in Bremen since 2008.