Hodler was a secondary school teacher at the Munzinger School in Bern. He learned to make reliefs in the military, among other things. He created several reliefs for the classroom and also taught their production to his students, who then made them in their spare time.

[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.159.