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Eusebius | Restoration | video

A suspect cougar (flying buttress statue)

ByKoen van Velzen 04-10-201713-02-2026
flying buttress figurine cougar Eusebius's Church

The next flying buttress statue suggested a feline beast, I suspect a cougar.

I tried to make it a bit clearer that it was supposed to be a cat, but then it looked more like a dog. The next day it all went a lot better, so it looks a bit more feline now. Only the ears don't fit at all. But as they were the same in the original, I left it at that.

Each flying buttress statue sits on a continuous profile, so I need to carve that profile in stone as well. It is always a chore to carve everything crisp and straight and lay the chisel mark finish.

  • Flying Buttress cougar new
  • flying buttress figurine cougar Eusebius's Church
  • stonemasonry work on the profile
  • The old figurine
  • Flying buttress 6 and 7 on the Eusebiuskerk
  • Mountain Lion
    Mountain Lion?
  • Mountain Lion
  • Poema2
    Mountain Lion

Video

In the video below you see me carving Old Lady with Mortar and Pestle, (it was meant for Instagram, that's why it turned out upright).

To the next flying buttress statue.

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