Finally, the video of the family crest with deep relief that I carved last winter into sandstone is now online.
Find it below! Read about this project here: A sandstone coat of arms with deep relief.
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A sandstone coat of arms with deep relief
Stone crest
A Bentheimer sandstone coat of arms. Dimensions of the relief 40 x 50 x 18 cms tall, of which the relief part is carved 10 cms deep. Clearly can be seen that this stone is a natural product, as evidenced by the light brown traces of an iron deposit. This does otherwise not harm the preservation of the stone. This coats of arms relief stone is placed on the inside of a solid garden wall with cappings. …Read the whole article…
Year review of 2017
Our Dear Lord out of the basement
2017 was an interesting year with many different commissions.
For example, I had a Sacred-Heart statue to repair, which first had to be freed out of its basement. The statue had received some damage during previous storage and lost its hands at one point. I made two new limestone hands, but because the fingers turned out very vulnerable I had to make them again, this time in strong restoration mortar with a stainless steel frame. I also made a new limestone pedestal for the statue. The installing of the statue was not an easy job, but with some ingenuity it all went just fine.
Cinema Royal
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A party for ten gable stone reliefs
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Blue, blue, sky-blue
It was a completely blue party, last Thursday in the Blue Tram Street in New Remittance District in Haarlem. I went there, dressed up in my best moody blues, along with my good colleague Serge van Druten, who had also carved two of the ten stones. There was a tiny but excellent band, some blue trim and blue drinks and balloons. It was very unfortunate that Toon van Driel, which started the relief of the Blue Tram street as a cartoon, was unable to come because of an illness. I would have like to talk to him. …Read the whole article…
House Sign Blue Tram Street Haarlem finished!
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The House Sign in Udelfanger sandstone for the Blue Tram Street about which I reported on last time is finished. A little summary: the picture was designed and drawn by cartoonist Toon van Driel, after an initiative by the Foundation for House Signs Association Haerlem. It is one of a series of ten different House Signs by ten artists and ten sculptors. …Read the whole article…
An interesting gable stone
Last week I started on a very interesting challenge: the carving of a new gable stone relief. The project deserves some explanation, because it includes a lot more than just this one relief. …Read the whole article…
Two bronze plaques
house sign Somnia, bronze
house sign Mermaid, bronze
As I already explained in announced earlier, I had the two sandstone house signs/gable stone cast in bronze. …Read the whole article…
House sign gable stone Mermaid completed in direct carving method
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The sandstone gable stone house sign stone with the mermaid that I'd already started carving some time before is finished. …Read the whole article…
Mer or lass: a gable stone relief in direct carving method
house sign with mermaid in direct carving method, halfway carving process
I've started sculpting a gable stone relief …Read the whole article…