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A short radio interview on national Dutch radio2
11-08-201913-02-2026 Lessons, video
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On Sunday 11 August 2019 I was interviewed for radio show Bureau Kijkindevegte in response to the following question from a listener: How would a sculptor correct mistakes made during carving in stone? A short interview about
the approach to stone sculpture. More about this question can be found in the following article: 'Never hit that nose off?'?

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'Never hit that nose off?'…?
The most asked question by visitors to a sculptor's workshop is the next: 'And what if you're nearly finished, and you accidentally hit that nose and it comes off…?’ (or that hand, or finger, or little protruding part, and so on). My colleagues and I have heard that question so many times, that sometimes we got a bit fed up with that. We sould say with…
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Which diamond chainsaw for which job?
My diamond chain I have a block of blue sodalite cut my diamond chainsaw. Because it's quite an expensive material, I could save quite a large chunk by this method. If I had taken the picture in the normal way with the angle grinder, lump hammer and point chisel, I had taken some time wheelbarrows with rubble….
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Restoration
Pinnacle for a flying buttress of St. Cunera's tower
Currently, St. Cunera's tower in Rhenen, the Netherlands, is being restored. Much of the old tufa is replaced in Muschelkalk limestone. I carved a number of ornaments on some profiled blocks, before (and in cooperation with) my colleague Jan Tolboom. These pieces were provided by stone masonry Slotboom from Winterswijk. The stonemason has carved all of the profiles and flat parts, I for this…
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PP2 | temple
Quite a bit smaller
I was happily carving along on the panipitha, when a sudden change of course occurred. It turned out that the design was a bit too big, so I was asked to make the panipitha a lot smaller: It had to be cut about 2 inches smaller or 5 cms from it. At six sides. Fortunately, it was all still there,…
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Eusebius | Restoration
Finials for St. Eusebius's Church
We're currently carving parts of pinnacles by the cartload. They are all intended for the Eusebius Church in Arnhem. Below are some pictures of work I've made this far. In the picture above you can see a number of blocks ready for transport: successively, an old tuffstone block, a block…
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