Blöchlinger trained as a primary school teacher. Through his hobby, entomology, he came into contact with the Thurgau Museum of Nature, where he was employed as an assistant. In this function he created two reliefs of landscapes in the Canton of Thurgau as illustrative objects for the permanent exhibition.

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.155