i’m loving these cuddly pieces of packaging from UK artist kate jenkins
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god is mijn burgh
following on from my recent post, here is a huge flickr collection of amsterdam gable stones, some very, very old… others less so, enjoy
it was recently explained to me that these stones were traditionally painted using a layered technique called ‘polychroming’ which takes into account the fact that the stones ‘weather’ and the colour (paint) slowly fades in a specific way…
made in stone
last saturday, whilst researching a project i am working on, i visited the friendly owner of ‘houtdraaierij riet’ in amsterdam, one of the few remaining old woodworking shops in town
his father and grandfather owned the shop before him and he very kindly spent some time sharing his latest project with me: learning how to carve traditional ‘gable stones’ of which there are a great many in amsterdam… mostly depicting the profession of the resident of the building they were placed on
this one features himself as a stone mason, with a view on the noorderkerk church (near where his grandfathers shop used to be located) and he has even added a famous local resident: ‘rembrandt van rijn’ looking in through a window… inspiring stuff
ayrton
beautiful ‘light & sound’ installation created by honda at the ‘suzuka’ formula 1 circuit in japan, in memory of world champion ‘ayrton senna’ (via fontanel)
