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Sandstone crocket
20-09-201512-02-2026 Restoration, Saint John's Cathedral
completed and packed1
A side crocket: a large crocket carved in sandstone for a window frame of St. John's Cathedral in's-Hertogenbosch. Timelapse in photos.
the old lace flower is heavily weathered. Trachiet
stonemasonry parts 1
stonemasonry parts 2
contours and lower leaves
classify and draw
precarving in the rough
start detailing
finishing 1
the world turned upside down
completed and packed1
completed and packed2
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Restoration
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
Made to fit perfectly Not always everything goes as you plan. I started working expeditiously on the Sacred Heart statue that I had picked up in Heemstede. Making the new hands went smoothly and exactly as expected. I had some new pieces of the same limestone, so that it is entirely in accordance with the rules of the…
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Dom Church, Utrecht | Latest projects | Restoration | video
Ornamental work for the Utrecht Dom Church and St. John's
A toot a canopy of St John It was an interesting last week of the year. I first went to St. John's Cathedral in Den Bosch, where I needed to carve some ornamental parts. It was a so-called 'toot’ from a canopy. The old one had weathered down and I was asked to make a new one. But the…
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Eusebius | Restoration
Flying buttress figurine: Goat nibbling on a crocket
A goat really eats EVERYTHING We are, as I explained earlier this week, we continued with flying buttress figurines of arcs no. 17, 18, 19, 20 and 23. At the top arch 17/18, arc no. 19 and arc no. 20 replacement flying buttress figurines will be installed., but not below them, because in those places some already existing stone ornaments will remain, the so-called edge clings. Stone carving These finials have…
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Dom Church, Utrecht | Eusebius | Latest projects | Restoration
Finials and side crockets, for Eusebius and Dom Church
Cross Flowers for Eusebiuskerk We are working on the completion of three projects: the first half of the Eusebius Church in Arnhem is almost ready, The last pieces of the St. John's Cathedral are completed, and also the last crockets the South Chapel of the Utrecht Cathedral are packed ready for shipping. The finials above the picture…
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background | Restoration
Will the computer become the rescue for the Notre Dame? (1)
A disaster with far-reaching consequences Over some time, this will be old news, but for now, this remains fresh in everyone's memory: a huge fire that brought down the roof of Notre Dame in Paris, at 15 april 2019. During the ongoing restoration fire broke out somewhere around the base of the…
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