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Crane in marble, completed (for sale)
30-04-201712-02-2026 Latest projects, sculpture
A crane in marble, from a slate of marble of 2 cms thick.
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A crane in marble coming up
12-03-201712-02-2026 sculpture
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I started carving a crane out of a white marble plate, in direct carving method. An update will follow when the piece is finished.
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Eusebius | Restoration
Corbel for the Eusebius Tower: woman with tulips
It's a nice and busy time at the moment. We had not yet finished a series of ornaments for the Utrecht Cathedral and there were already more 18 blocks of limestone for new flying buttress statues and 10 large blocks for corbels. The flying buttress statues are for the Eusebius Church in Arnhem, and the corbels will be placed at a height of 22 meters height in the…
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Latest projects | Restoration
Jesus back into place again
With a set of new hands and on a new pedestal made of the same French limestone, the Sacred Heart statue looks beautiful again. The statue was installed last Friday in a nice place, inside the school where it formerly stood in the basement: College Hageveld in Heemstede. The statue had to be placed in a fairly empty room, Where…
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books | Lessons
Win: The Complete Book of Sculpture!
13 May 2016; the book has now been won by Paul. I have already recommended a certain book for beginning sculptors on this website several times, as excellent teaching material to learn how to transfer your design onto in a block of stone, whether enlarged or not (here, here, here and here for example). That book is 'It…
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coat of arms
A coat of arms in Belgian bluestone
In addition to all the work for the exhibition, I have also been busy carving even more ornaments on pinnacles for the Cuneratoren in Rhenen, flying buttress figurines, the restoration of a war memorial, and a coat of arms in Belgian bluestone. This crest stone is intended for on a wall inside a house, hence me…
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background | Restoration
Sacred heart Statue: Our dear Lord in the basement
This morning I came to Heemstede to retrieve a statue from the building of College Hageveld. It was a Sacred Heart statue, a depiction in which Jesus is shown with his heart surrounded by a halo. If the slide show is not clearly visible, click here. Hageveld College Hageveld exists this year 200 th anniversary. One hundred years…
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