Sticht's skills as a draftsman are evident in the meticulous engineering drawings that he completed as a student at the Bergakademie Clausthal, Germany, and his later designs for the smelters at Mount Lyell.This sketch of rocks at Red Hills, north-west Tasmania, made in 1906, reflects Sticht's interest in exploring the local landscape as both a metallurgist and field naturalist. Archives Office of Tasmania, NS 167/1.