beeldhouwerij van Velzenhttps://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/japanse-lantaarn-clingendael/ In this video I show how to roughen up a machine cut surface using hand tools. I use a 900 gram lump hammer, a chrome vanadium point chisel and a carbide pitching chisel with a 1500 gram lump hammer. (I later found out that I still had a tungsten carbide point chisel, after which the carving went much faster). This granite piece was part of a copy of a Japanese lantern, which I carved for the Japanese Garden in The Hague, The Netherlands. I carved the rest of these parts by using angle grinders and air hammers, but for the surface of this base I needed that rough look that only hand tools can give. It looks so easy, but it turned out bloody hard work! Read more on my blog, link above.
Hand Carving a Granite Base for a Japanese Lanternbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2020-03-11 | https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/japanse-lantaarn-clingendael/ In this video I show how to roughen up a machine cut surface using hand tools. I use a 900 gram lump hammer, a chrome vanadium point chisel and a carbide pitching chisel with a 1500 gram lump hammer. (I later found out that I still had a tungsten carbide point chisel, after which the carving went much faster). This granite piece was part of a copy of a Japanese lantern, which I carved for the Japanese Garden in The Hague, The Netherlands. I carved the rest of these parts by using angle grinders and air hammers, but for the surface of this base I needed that rough look that only hand tools can give. It looks so easy, but it turned out bloody hard work! Read more on my blog, link above.Jelle Carving a Stonemason Gargoylebeeldhouwerij van Velzen2022-05-28 | Short video of my co-worker Jelle Steendam carving a copy of a gargoyle for Utrecht's Dom Tower into new Portlandstone. We have been carving lots of new ornaments, gargoyles and finials for this tower, mainly in different types of limestones but some in trachyte as well. Jelle came four years ago as an apprentice but can rightly be called a skilled restoration stonecarver for some time now. Read more on my blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/waterspuwer-domtoren/From Basalt Boulder into Direction Signbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2022-04-24 | I bought a 1700 kg basalt boulder, flattened one side a bit and polished it deep black; then I carved a bow and arrow and the letters into that side. My daughter painted them in with gold paint. This video shows me and my brother installing it. Location: Onderdijk, the Netherlands https:beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/designing, turning and installing two stone temple ornamentsbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2021-05-24 | (re-uploaded and extended version) I made two Kalasams out of green Dolomite limestone, to be placed on top of the old chimneys of the main building of a temple in Onderdijk, the Netherlands. Some photos and two short clips of installing them. Read more on my blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/zater... Lees meer op mijn blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/zaterdagproject-twee-kalasams-in-dolomiet/
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and my blog in Dutch: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl or in English: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en Music: Josh Woodward- Don't Close Your Eyes-No VoxEen bezoek aan de Beeldhouwerij: Luchtboogbeelden Eusebiuskerkbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2020-04-28 | A Dutch language explanation about our work carving the flying buttress figurines for St. Eusebius's Church in Arnhem, the Netherlands. These coarse sculptures were originally made in the 1950s out of tufa, but are now being copied by us in new Muschelkalk limestone. We try to retain their original directness in the copy. Visit my blog for more: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/tag/lbb/
Een uitleg over het werk aan de luchtboogbeelden van de Eusebiuskerk. Oude luchtboogbeelden uit de jaren 50 worden gekopieerd in nieuwe kalksteen. Zie meer op mijn blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/tag/lbb/Cutting a block of blue sodalite with my diamond chainsawbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2019-02-23 | In this video, I'm cutting up a block of blue sodalite with my diamond chainsaw. This way, I can maximize the offcut for another project. This piece is a commission from another sculptor. He asked me to copy his plaster maquette into this beautiful blue material. Machine used: Cardi Coccodrillo35 Read my review of stone chainsaws on my blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/welke-diamantkettingzaag-voor-welke-klus/ Available both in a Dutch and an English versionCarving a flying buttress figurine #2beeldhouwerij van Velzen2018-09-27 | A video originally made for instagram, shot vertically on my (dusty) phone. I'm carving a flying buttress figurine after I first cut it out on my copying saw. blogpost: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/eindelijk-weer-een-update/ (english)
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Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Twitter: twitter.com/VelzenbeeldhouwPresawing new flying buttress figurinesbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2018-09-27 | New team member Jelle working on cutting and carving his first flying buttress figurines on my copying saw machine. One of 96 statuettes from the 1950s. The old ones were in a bad condition and are now being replaced. The church was demolished by bombing in World War 2, so nearly all ornaments and sculptures were designed after that. This explains the cubist style of this particular one. blogpost: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/eindelijk-weer-een-update/ (english)
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Learn more about this project on my blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/een-zandstenen-familiewapen-met-diep-relief/
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Music: Josh Woodward-Stars Collide/Little Tomcat/She Dreams In BlueStone carving Pan in porphyry part 2: Rough carvingbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2018-03-06 | koenvanvelzen.com In this second part, I 'm copying the model of 'Pan' into hard red porphyry. I removed the precut stone and the model from my copying saw, cleaned up and started with bush hammering the surface. More in part three. Watch part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=PthCN0d0YVQ
See my blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/pan-in-rode-porfier-1/
Website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl Blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl (dutch) or https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/ (english)
Music: Josh Woodward-Little Tomcat/I Will Not Let You Let Me Down/Darien Gap/ Stars Collide/Stone carving Pan in porphyry part 1: Millingbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2018-02-08 | koenvanvelzen.com In this first part, I show how I copy my maquette of the plaster 'Pan' into hard red porphyry. I installed the stone and the model on my copying saw and removed the bulk of the material. More in part two: youtube.com/watch?v=pDws2GOsbb8
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Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Twitter: twitter.com/Velzenbeeldhouw Faceboook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947Carving stone Flying buttress figurinesbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2017-10-29 | Just a quick look into some of the work I'm currently doing, carving over 40 flying buttress figurines for St. Eusebius's Church in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The old figurines were made from an unsuited kind of tufa, and are now being copied into Muschelkalk limestone. the video starts with me carving and finishing the profiled stonemasonry parts at the bottom of the Elephant. At the end, there is a short clip of me carving the Owl. Look up my blog for more on this project: in English: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/tag/lbb/?lang=en In Dutch: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/tag/lbb/Carving a stone Flying Buttress Figurine 1beeldhouwerij van Velzen2017-10-04 | A quick shot (made for Instagram in the first instant, that's why it's a Vertical Video) of me carving Old Lady Stirring the Pot. Read my blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/luchtboogbeelden-oud-wijfie-met-vijzel/?lang=enCarving a grotesque head in sandstonebeeldhouwerij van Velzen2017-05-21 | (-subtitled-)Here I'm carving one of four weathered sandstone grotesque heads in new sandstone. The originals came from a building in Amsterdam and will be preserved. The copies will be placed in the new building. Read more on my blog (in English): https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/vier-grotesken-in-amsterdam-1/?lang=en and https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/vier-grotesken-in-amsterdam-2/?lang=en
As the original was carved with a rather coarse finish, the copy is done in the exact same manner. I started with the stonemasonry work of profiling and the finishing chisel strokes on the flat areas. The rest of the stone, which will be place inside the brickwork, is roughened with different chisel marks. Then I made a profile template, cut it out and transferred the profile onto the stone. I then cut and carved away the excess around the profile. After this, I measured how deep the hair was below the surface of the face. I lowered this portion accordingly. Once the mass of the face was thus left over, I started carving the face itself. By placing the two stones tightly next to each other, I could take over many measurements with just one calliper setting. By turning the stones 90 degrees, the other measurements can be taken in a similar way. Much of the copy is carved by eye. This method is a bit more inaccurate than taking points with a pointing machine, but much faster. It relies very much on the experience of the carver. After that came detailing and finishing. This type of sandstone can be worked very finely, but as the original was carved quite quickly at the time, the copy should have the same finish, with chisel strokes of a toothed chisel as well. My website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl My blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl Click on the flag to read it in English
Het kopiëren van een van de vier verweerde zandstenen groteske koppen van een pand in Amsterdam. Het origineel wordt bewaard, de kopieën komen in de gevel. Lees meer op mijn blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/vier-grotesken-in-amsterdam-1/ en https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/vier-grotesken-in-amsterdam-2/
blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl -also available in English! Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Facebook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947 Twitter: twitter.com/VelzenbeeldhouwInstalling two plinths and two statues of Herculesbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2017-03-19 | subs available Installing the new plinth I carved and a bronze statue of Hercules by Ton Mooy, in Barneveld. Installing the old plinth and the old sandstone statue of Hercules inside Castle Schaffelaar in Barneveld. Blog post: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/een-nieuwe-buik-voor-de-sokkel-van-hercules-videos/?lang=en NL: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/een-nieuwe-buik-voor-de-sokkel-van-hercules-videos/ website Beeldhouwerij Koen van Velzen: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl Music: Dramophone by Caravan Palace
I was asked to carve a new part for a plinth of the Hercules statue in Barneveld, the Netherlands. This video shows me carving the ornaments in the bluestone.
After I did all the stonemasonry parts I started on the ornaments. I forgot to turn on the camera, so especially for this video I carved the first part of the process again, on a sacrificial piece.
My colleague Stide can be seen at the end, laying the finishing strokes with the broad chisel
Website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl -also available in English! Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Facebook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947 Twitter: twitter.com/Velzenbeeldhouwa coat-of-arms in sandstonebeeldhouwerij van Velzen2016-12-28 | Carving a coat-of-arms in Bentheim Sandstone, by sculptor Koen van Velzen, the Netherlands. Read more: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/een-wapensteen-van-zandsteen/ (nederlands) or https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/een-wapensteen-van-zandsteen/?lang=en (english). Size: 40 x 50 x 12 cm or 15 3/4" x 19 1/2" x 4 3/4". Edited by Joram van Velzen. Music: Hoedown by Audionautix, under Creative Commons Attribution-license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Artiest: http://audionautix.com Website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl -also available in English! Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Facebook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947 Twitter: twitter.com/Velzenbeeldhouwremoving an old plinth 23 november 2016beeldhouwerij van Velzen2016-11-26 | Cutting loose a Belgian bluestone plinth with a 230Volt concrete chainsaw, then hoisting it away. English subs available. Een hardstenen sokkel loszagen met de betonkettingzaag en wegtakelen. https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/sokkel-verwijderd-betonkettingzaag/ Camera en montage: Joram van Velzen
Website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl -also available in English! Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Facebook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947 Twitter: twitter.com/VelzenbeeldhouwCarving a shell in marble-long versionbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2016-10-29 | Carving by Koen van Velzen, sculptor in the Netherlands. Full extent of the process of carving a Venus shell i Arabescato marble, sped up 4x. If you'd want to watch it real time, play it at 1/4 speed. blog post: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/jakobsschelp-in-arabescato-marmer/ . Click on the flag for the english version.
Website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl -also available in English! Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Facebook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947 Twitter: twitter.com/VelzenbeeldhouwConcrete chainsaw 230Vbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2016-10-23 | Read the blog post (english): https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/tufsteen-demonteren-met-een-betonkettingzaag/ Collega Stide Vos zaagt met mijn elektrische kettingzaag voor steen en beton een blok los van het beeld van Apostel Thaddeus, dat hij gehouwen heeft in Obernkirchener zandsteen. My colleague Stide Vos trying out my concrete chainsaw on 230 volts for cutting away an excess block of stone from the statue of St. Thaddeus which he copied in very hard obernkirchener sandstone.
Website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl -also available in English! Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Facebook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947 Twitter: twitter.com/VelzenbeeldhouwCarving a Venus shell in marblebeeldhouwerij van Velzen2016-10-21 | koenvanvelzen.com For a stonemason in the Netherlands, I carved a Venus shell (Jakobsschelp) motif in quite hard Arabescato marble. This piece served as the vertical part for a washing basin or small wall fountain. Because of short delivery time and urgency I carved it from a photograph in the course of a few days. https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl blogpost: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/jakobsschelp-in-arabescato-marmer/ and https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/jakobsschelp-in-arabescato-marmer/?lang=en
Music by ProleteR - April Showers youtube.com/watch?v=fF3HS0e6i90Carving a sandstone Falcon and gilding itbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2016-10-03 | Extended version of my video about Carving a Sandstone Falcon. Sandstone replica of a Falcon dated 1662 by sculptor Koen van Velzen, the Netherlands. Gilding was done by Romulo C. Döderlein de Win, painter and restorer of paintings.
Website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl -also available in English! Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Facebook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947 Twitter: twitter.com/VelzenbeeldhouwHow to carve a falcon from a block of sandstone (normal speed)beeldhouwerij van Velzen2015-11-01 | Read more on http://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/de-valck-... Beeldhouwer: Koen van Velzen Hoe hak ik een valk uit een blok zandsteen? Een blik op het proces van verweerd beeld tot kopie uit nieuwe steen, en inzicht in een aantal van de benodigde gereedschappen en technieken. De valk in kwestie is afkomstig van het Valckeniershuis in Franeker, en het origineel is uit 1662. De kopie is net als het origineel gehouwen in Bentheimer zandsteen, en is 63 cm hoog. How to carve a Falcon from a block of sandstone? Sculptor: Koen van Velzen. See more on http://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/de-valck-... A look into the process from weathered down statuette to copy in new stone, and insight into a number of the tools and techniques I used. The Falcon in this case was originally from the Valckeniershuis (Falconer's house) in Franeker, the Netherlands, and dates from 1662. The copy was carved in Bentheimer sandstone just as the original, and is 63 cms or about 2' tall. Music: Hit that Jive-INgrooves/Booty Swing - Parov Stelar/Dramophone - Caravan Palace/All Night (Extended Club Version) - Parov Stelar camera en montage: Joram van Velzen
How to carve a Falcon from a block of sandstone? Sculptor: Koen van Velzen. See more on http://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/en/tag/valk/ A look into the process from weathered down statuette to copy in new stone, and insight into a number of the tools and techniques I used.
The Falcon in this case was originally from the Valckeniershuis (Falconer's house) in Franeker, the Netherlands, and dates from 1662. The copy was carved in Bentheimer sandstone just as the original, and is 63 cms or about 2' tall.
Hoe hak ik een valk uit een blok zandsteen? Een blik op het proces van verweerd beeld tot kopie uit nieuwe steen, en inzicht in een aantal van de benodigde gereedschappen en technieken.
De valk in kwestie is afkomstig van het Valckeniershuis in Franeker, en het origineel is uit 1662. De kopie is net als het origineel gehouwen in Bentheimer zandsteen, en is 63 cm hoog.
Music: Hit that Jive-INgrooves/Booty Swing - Parov Stelar/Dramophone - Caravan Palace camera en montage: Joram van Velzen
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Twitter: twitter.com/Velzenbeeldhouwcutting tuff with a chainsaw/tufsteen demonteren met de kettingzaagbeeldhouwerij van Velzen2015-03-13 | Bij het herstel van een deel van de ornamenten aan het Zuiderportaal van de Stevenskerk in Nijmegen (Nederland) hebben we gebruik gemaakt van een elektrische kettingzaag voor steen, de Cardi Coccodrillo35, (Renova). Het werk ging super; de zaag ging makkelijk door de tufsteen en de voegen. De zaag is makkelijker te bedienen dan een benzine-of hydraulische betonkettingzaag. Lees meer hier: http://wp.me/p4pGfD-tf During the restoration of the ornamental parts of the South portal of St. Stephen's Church in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, we used an electric chainsaw for stone and concrete, the Cardi Coccodrillo35, (Renova). The work went super; the saw went easily through the stone as well as the joints. It's easier to handle than a hydraulic or gasoline powered version. Read more here: http://wp.me/p4pGfD-tf
Website: https://beeldhouwerijvanvelzen.nl blog: https://beeldhouwerijblog.nl -also available in English! Instagram: instagram.com/beeldhouwerijvanvelzen Facebook: facebook.com/Beeldhouwerij-Koen-van-Velzen-1758648507721947 Twitter: twitter.com/VelzenbeeldhouwLingam en Panipitha-water stroomt 2beeldhouwerij van Velzen2014-06-06 | De panipitha en lingam die ik uit graniet gehouwen heb, hebben een waterstroom gekregen, en vervolgens ook een goot. Het water wordt uit de sloot gepompt en stroomt via een rvs goot weer terug. Meer informatie: http://beeldhouwerijblog.nl/tag/panipitha/
I am explaining about by the cutting the holes in my latest sculpture, 'Ferns'. It's 230 cms high, out of grey-greenish Dolomite. I am using a Husqvarna Cut-n-break saw. See the corresponding post on my blog: http://beeldhouwer.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/cut-n-break-zaag