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. …Read the whole article…
-update: supplemented with better photos!-
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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. …Read the whole article…
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Today I made good progress with the precarving of my sculpture of the paver. It is about 80 cms tall, out of green dolomite. After the pre-cutting with the saw machine I am now carving the rough outlines, detailing will follow later. …Read the whole article…