Another road worker-who's next?

Today is the 25th anniversary of the road construction company Gebr. Kloens B.V.. from Dordrecht. Their anniversary is one of the reasons for the silence on my blog: I carved a statue of a bricklayer for them out of dolomite , again largely via the direct carving method. But I had to keep quiet because the brothers couldn't know until today . This version got working shoes, is built a bit heavier and has slightly more details.

I am very happy about how the statuette has turned out, It's something I'm looking back at with pleasure, and all those details makes it a bit reminiscent of those paintings of eastern European primitive painters: not everything has to be absolutely right, but you will keep looking back at it.

On the day I took these photos it rained quite a bit, but it gave some nice contrasts so I decided to leave it like that.

The clients dont know yet how it will be placed ultimately, nor where. Most likely is that in front of the building a pedestal will be constructed out of pavers, upon which comes the stainless steel plate that mentions the anniversary. I cut the logo and the years in the base plate of the sculpture, which makes it immediately clear what the statue is intended for. The sculpture is 85 cms tall, x 42 x 65 cms wide, and carved out of Anröchter Grünstein (dolomite).

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