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Side crockets: Gothic ornaments for the Utrecht Cathedral
Reconstruction of lace flowers The Dom Church in Utrecht is covered in scaffolding. Specifically a large part of its stonework is being overhauled, and part of this project are 16 tuffstone crockets,…
Crockets and finials for Aachen Cathedral
For Aachen Cathedral several pinnacles had to be replaced. The old ones were worn and had cracked because of rusting iron and because the layering of the stone was not properly applied. The deposition direction…
A sandstone coat of arms with deep relief
Coat of arms A Bentheimer sandstone family crest. Dimensions of the relief 40 x 50 x 18 cms wide, of which the relief part is carved 10 cms deep. It's clear…
Pan in porphyry 2: starting with rough carving (video)
It is very busy at present, and then it sometimes happens that there is a hitch. After first a deep cut…
A visit to the scaffolding of St. Eusebius's Church: Corbels and 14 flying buttress figurines as well.
Scaffolding visit to Eusebius Church Last Thursday I visited the Eusebius Church in Arnhem. I had heard that two of the four flying buttresses were installed…
Pan in Red Porphyry (1) (video)
Resume I am now finally continued my plaster statue of Pan (read more about it here). After long doubts about a nice block…
The whole zoo in his boat (flying buttress figurine)
Coarse-grained zoo This week I had another Ark in hand. This is the last flying buttress statue designed and probably carved by Theo van Reijn…
A faun with loss of face, for a castle
Loss of face (Bicentenary post on this blog!) This week I received a faun from the garden of the Singraven Estate in Denekamp. The…
A monkey in a wig (flying buttress figurine)
One of the nicest flying buttress figurines from the series 'Noah's Ark’ by Theo van Reijn was now ready to be copied: a Monkey. The animal…
A Bear with a honeypot (flying buttress figurine)
The Bear That Didn't Look Like a Bear And then the bear came with his long snout and blew… no, he ate all the honey. These…
The Man calling Noah (flying buttress figurine)
Noah's Caller The following flying buttress statue for the Eusebius Church in Arnhem is one of the better known: The Man calling Noah. It is a bald man who is in an extremely…
A Desperate Monk, Reading (flying buttress figurine)
Weathered The next flying buttress statue in the series for the Eusebius Church was a man in a monk's habit, who reads from a book and despairs in his head…