• Another road worker-who's next?

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    Brick layer in dolomite, second version

    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.

    Brick layer in dolomite, second version

    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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  • Brick layer is finished

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    Stratenmaker1
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    The light was not ideal for taking photos, yesterday. After a long wait for a cloud to finally slide in front of the sun (why isn't there any wind when you need it?) at a quarter past six I finally just cycled home. I hope I can make some better pics in the next few days, however, here goes: my statuette of the street worker is finished.

    I've carved it largely in the direct carving style, in other words, without too much measuring. After initially having made a clay model and a saw model in preparation, I carved the rest largely by eye.

    The figurine is carved out of dolomite and is about 80 cms tall. On the surface I left a plain chisel's marks and finished the footplate with a toothed chisel's marks. The client is planning to make himself a base for it out of paving bricks.

    Update: better pictures. It was pretty late in the evening, but the light was good, so here it is: new photos

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