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Minervalaan 5: Installing
The Muschelkalk stone statues that we had copied earlier have now been installed in the facade of Minervalaan 28-30 in Amsterdam. Read more in this post
Minervalaan part 4: Carving the figurines in limestone
After reconstructing the 8 statues of the Minervalaan in plaster, we copied the statues in new limestone
Prince Carnival, in blue quartzite
Carnival association De Puupenhoofd from Achterveld existed 55 th anniversary. Because they didn't want this to pass unnoticed, they knocked on my door asking if I wanted…
Minervalaan part 3: reconstruction
Looking for the right form In the previous two articles, here and here, Did I already tell you that the eight statues that we love?…
A gravestone with wreath
For the grave of my friend's wife I carved a headstone, a gravestone, carved with a floral wreath in the shape of a…
Minervalaan part 2: Disassembling the statues
The project In the previous post I explained how we became involved in this project on Minervalaan in Amsterdam. We were asked…
Minervalaan Amsterdam, part 1
We are currently working on a very interesting project at the Minervalaan in Amsterdam: eight weathered tuff statuettes are to be reconstructed and copied in new limestone. Building sculpture…
Lion's heads and ornaments for Herengracht 380
This project was also commissioned by Slotboom Steenhouwers. In front of the Nienhuys on the Herengracht 380 in Amsterdam we have two lion heads and two…
Video tour of the workshop
In this short video, in English, I'm showing the latest projects we're working on: the two mirrored griffins with shield in front of Schloss Preetz…
Shivalingams and Paadas, in granite and marble
Cosmic symbol and presence This blog post is about a side activity of mine, making Shivalingams in granite and Sri Paadas in marble. Shivalingams heb…
Of Serge van Druten, two athletes and an angel
A difficult request In the summer of 2022 I was confronted with a difficult request. My good colleague Serge van Druten↑ was working on…
Two griffins with large baroque shield in sandstone
Waited a long time, and kept silent…. As you may perhaps remember, that Jelle and I were busy making two large griffins? Well, we are now…