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Statue of Pope Leo the Great, completed
The statue of Pope Leo the Great, carved out of two parts of Udelfanger sandstone, is completed. I carved this copy for the restoration of St. John's Cathedral…
Two small family crests in black granite
For a client I carved two small coats of arms in black granite. The design was provided by the Voorthuizen sculptor Gerard Overeem. It involved two…
Statue of Pope Leo the Great, part two
1 Image in two parts The work on the statue of Pope Leo the Great is going much more smoothly than I expected. When I got to…
A small sandstone head for Eusebius
Cup in Udelfanger sandstone I had a small job to do for the Eusebius Church in Arnhem in December. High up in the side wall of it…
Contour sawing Pope Leo the Great
Another statue of Saints As you may recall, I completed the statue of Thomas Aquinas for St. John's Cathedral earlier this year. The image…
Year review of 2019
250th blog post 2019 was a great year! I've had all sorts of things in progress, including a lot of ornamental work for the Utrecht Cathedral Church and the…
Flying buttress figurine: The Idleness
Acedia The following flying buttress image of arch 24 the Eusebius Church in Arnhem was not quite clear. We've seen all seven sins pass by,…
If I'd commission a coat of arms in stone… what should I bear in mind?
I often get asked what it costs to have a coat of arms carved in stone. However, I have noticed that for many customers there…
Bluestone family crest completed
The bluestone coat of arms which I recently shared a post about has now been completed. I've carved it out of a piece of Belgian bluestone (arduin) van 41…
A bluestone coat of arms with two falcons
Hardstone family crest I happily continued with the next assignment, another stone coat of arms this time. The previous one was a smaller stone with only…
The flying buttress with the seven sins-2: carving!
As you may perhaps remember: at 9 March 2019 I posted about our next flying buttress statues for the Eusebius Church, the in pieces on us…
copy of Thomas Aquinas completed
Thomas in two parts After long interruptions (Making pinnacles for the Eusebiuskerk and cantichogels for the Domkerk) is the image of Thomas Aquinas today…