This year's edition of Stone fair will include a stone sculpture show during which works made at the…
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The 5th edition of the International Maritime Congress was held on 8–9 June in Szczecin. The congress serves…
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The new school will be set up at the Border Protection Corps School Complex in Szydłowiec. This new…
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Restoration of an old gravestone was a part of the internship organised by the State Construction Schools in…
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Historical surfaces
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Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 14:06
Stone has changed the world and made the use of roads more universal (now they are used not only by pedestrians but also by different means of transport on wheels). The role of stone on the road was and in some places still is very important. It is usually associated with hard work, impossibility to change its location, and hardness.
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CEMETERIES
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Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 14:04
Modern Polish cemeteries have become a building monolith. At first sight they all look sad but not because it is the place of burial but due to its architecture which does not actually have an architectural character but a building one. It is just a stony desert. One can hardly notice any family tombs which were designed by sculptors.
Many cemeteries of high artistic values were destroyed and one of the few in Wroclaw which has been left is a Jewish cemetery at Slezna Street where I have my workshop. Every day I can see many great architectural and artistic (sculptural) works. There are very hard stones like Gabra, granites, sienites, as well as sandstones, soft, marbles. Surprisingly, the marbles from Carrara have not been destroyed to a great extent.
Do we have anything like our own Polish pattern-designing? Can anything like Polish modern tomb exist? Tradition, or symbolism we can meet at Polish cemeteries may serve as an inspiration but if it comes to the quality the situation may be more difficult. In Germany, for example, the tombs are made very well. Perhaps it is a consequence of the fact that there are more people (than in Poland) employed in making a tomb. A stonemason makes elements in a tomb and a sculptor makes his own work. In Poland it is often so that one person does everything: from the start to the end.
Sometimes one element is enough to make a tomb live. It is not a common slab any more. In Germany, for example, horizontal covers of a burial chamber are not very popular. They have been replaced by flowers and green.
As regards colours used at cemeteries, more colourful stones represent the latest trend. It is good, but we should look at it from a different point of view. We should take advantage of this colour. Once I was asked to make a tomb and the people who chose me to do it wanted the stone to show their attitude towards the dead. I suggested building this tomb using hard limestone. It was a tomb made of Jura Marmur Scal Gelt marble, which is a yellow limestone. The whole design was to show the lack of grief. The use of colours must have its purpose, it cannot be accidental, it must complete the whole so that the content is clear.
The main motifs of Polish tombs are: a cross, a book and a figure.
Tombs should be designed by sculptors or other artists, who feel the stone since stone has both plastic and metaplastic values.
SK nr 49-2007
MARMOMACC: EDITION IN GREAT HEALTH
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Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 14:04
Marmomacc, the International Exhibition of Stone, Design & Technologies scheduled at VeronaFiere next 4-7 October, confirms its status as world leader in the natural stone sector, with presentations of all types of natural stone, the latest innovative processing technologies and avant-garde applications for interiors and exteriors.
The exhibition will host 1510 exhibitors from more than 50 countries, of which half international, over a net area in excess of 76 thousand square metres. More than 65 thousand operators are expected, representing more than 110 international countries. For the first time, moreover, in 2007, Verona will welcome exhibitors from Japan as well as Cyprus, Albania and Sierra Leone.
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WYSPIANSKI'S STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS IN KRAKOW
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Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 14:02
In Kraków in city centre at the Grodzka Street was made modern pavillion. It is the place, were are exhibited stained-glass windows, designed by Stanisław Wyspiański, great polish poet, painter and architect. One hundred years stained-glass windows were waiting for good exposure - three, four-meters high glass paints, were made in Kraków Stained-glass window Plant. Windows are fastened in white limestone frames. The pavillion, projected by Krzysztof Ingarden is the first modern building in Krakow Old Town. Inside the pavillion natural stone is also strong stressed: facings of Italian sandstone and Egyptian limestone, stairs of Portuguese limestone.
STONE ALBUM ON-LINE FOR FREE!
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Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 14:02
The on-line Stone Album is now available on the website.
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