A small gravestone

ByKoen van Velzen 12-12-201309-02-2026

Besides work aan it marble statue of Shirdi Sai Baba orderand occasionally other assignments in between. Last week I carved a gravestone with two angels in Belgian blue stone, see below.

Beeldhouwerijblog.nl is the blog of Koen van Velzen, sculptor in stone and bronze.
Look up my website as well: beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl
Follow me Instagram, Twitter as well & YouTube

Similar posts

Somnia
Stonemasonry work and ornaments for St. John's Cathedral
Ten tips-2: from design to stone
The whole sculptor's workshop is a Nativity scene
Flying Buttress figurines for St. Eusebius' Church Arnhem
The flying buttress of the seven sins

Eusebius | Restoration
Finials for St. Eusebius's Church-2: crockets!
As I explained in a previous blog post, I spent the summer holidays working on high heels on pinnacle parts for the Eusebiuskerk in Arnhem. And my colleagues Stide Vos, Serge van Druten and Jelle Steendam were also contributing to this project. I have not seen how these finials are installed now, but i have all…
Read more Finials for St. Eusebius's Church-2: crockets!
Latest projects | Restoration | Saint John's Cathedral
Canopy finished
The baldachin for the St. John's Cathedral in Den Bosch is ready. The stone carving was made by Mike Slotboom of Slotboom Steenhouwers in Winterswijk; I carved the ornaments on this piece. The trickiest of these were the hanging parts on the front, the suspended ornaments. Where these used to be made separately as loose parts and later attached to…
Read more Canopy finished
background | Restoration | video
Refurbishing a war memorial
Recently I, along with assistant Gerard van Esveld, added some sandstone cappings to a brick wall in Amersfoort. These videos were made by Rob Lampe, who creates local reports for Amersfoort Gezien. He lives in the Westerstraat in Amersfoort, where in the year 1945 a bad policeman was shot by the resistance. In retaliation ten prisoners from camp Amersfoort were executed…
Read more Refurbishing a war memorial
Eusebius | Restoration
An Owl that snapped (flying buttress figurine)
Material error This Owl, another flying buttress statue for the Eusebius Church in Arnhem, resisted the copying quite a bit. Not that it's such a difficult figurine, it is simple enough. But I was almost done and would only just carve the remaining profiles at the bottom, when I discovered that the dark line at the bottom became a crack,…
Read more An Owl that snapped (flying buttress figurine)
Restoration | St Stephen's Church
According and finishing
The project to the South Portal of St. Stephen's Church is now completed. Today Stide and I first went on with according. When all pieces are placed in mortar, there will always be a spot somewhere where the connection is not quite optimal. According means you carve the pieces to fit on site…
Read more According and finishing

Somnia

Stonemasonry work and ornaments for St. John's Cathedral

Ten tips-2: from design to stone

The whole sculptor's workshop is a Nativity scene

Flying Buttress figurines for St. Eusebius' Church Arnhem

The flying buttress of the seven sins