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Eusebius | Restoration

Flying buttress figurine: Flute Player

ByKoen van Velzen 02-03-202011-02-2026
flying buttress figurine of Flutist 1

A guided tour

Last week I completed another flying buttress figurine, a fluter player from the sieries of Musicians from flying buttress no. 14 this time. I had already presawn this sculpture a long time ago, but since I had recently completed a number of projects I could now get on with this one. Around the same time a group of visitors came to the sculotor's yard. These people had bought an old flying buttress figurine from this series, and we gave a tour and explained about our work, as shown below in a short video and pictures.

flying buttress figurine of Flutist Presawn
flying buttress figurine of Flutist 3
Koen, Jelle, customer and Stide near flying buttress sculptures carved by Jelle
Koen, Jelle, customer and Stide near flying buttress sculptures carved by Jelle

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