Artist Blacksmith Mark Prouse
| 1981-1985 | Formally trained as artist blacksmith, Abingerhammer Forge, Abingerhammer, England |
| 1980-1990 | Worked in various workshops including: – Abingerhammer Forge, Abingerhammer, England – Beaconsfield Forge, Woking, England – Atelier Zimmermann, Pliezhausen, Germany – Weis Iron Workshop, Toowoomba, Australia |
| 1990-2000 | Selfemployed with own workshop in: – Coromandel, New Zealand – Hampton, Australia – Toowoomba, Australia |
| 2000-2004 | Worked for Elefantus, Cairns, Australia, and during this time completed many private commissioned and non commissioned works. |
| 2004-2010 | Worked for “Kunstschmiede Ziebarth”, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2010 | Selfemployed as artist blacksmith and freelance artist, Hilden, Germany |
| since 2016 | Selfemployed as artist blacksmith and freelance, Vettelschoss, Germany |