found by my friend harm, on a website from a local man: a sub page where he introduces himself through a life in pictures, nice…
me news
gay zebras
as sponsor of the amsterdam gay pride festival (next weekend) paint company ‘akzo nobel’ have repainted several zebra crossings with the rainbow flag
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)
paper science
at a loss for something to do on a friday afternoon? how about making your own albert einstein doll…