NEW EINE ON STELLA, by seidbereit on Apr 16, 2008 19:28:36 GMT 1, On a happier note (compared with the rubbish 3D that arrived this morning) these two beauties from Eine were also waiting for me in the hall this afternoon! ;D ;D

1) VANDALS (90 x 90cm) on concrete-primed canvas, and
2) a commissioned piece "MAUER" (the German word for "walls" and which is also the term used by the natives of Germany when they're referring to the Berlin Wall in particular). Really rough textured concrete-priming on the canvas with bronze powder rubbed in to replicate rusting and black paint rubbed in to replicate general city/street dirt.







Here's a pic of the MAUER canvas before Ben did the lettering on it (those are his toes



No one is gonna tell me these are "merely words" - they are outstanding in the flesh and absolutely captivating (to borrow Harveyn's totally appropriate description from above). The Vandals canvas was Ben's own work, I just spotted it in the background on a pic he sent me and asked about it and couldn't pass it up when I heard it was there for the taking.

The mauer piece, as I said, was a commission and Ben was an absolute gent to deal with throughout always keeping in touch and letting me know what was happening and sending the odd progress photo (such as above) with descriptions of how he got to the effect he produced. A totally fascinating process and you feel somehow honoured (well I did) to have been included in his thinking and creative processes which makes the end result all the more valuable to have. And by honoured I don't mean that he made you feel he was doing you some huge favour - quite the opposite. A truly enjoyable experience and one I will be hopefully delving into again sometime soon!

Deilghted!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

On a happier note (compared with the rubbish 3D that arrived this morning) these two beauties from Eine were also waiting for me in the hall this afternoon! ;D ;D

1) VANDALS (90 x 90cm) on concrete-primed canvas, and
2) a commissioned piece "MAUER" (the German word for "walls" and which is also the term used by the natives of Germany when they're referring to the Berlin Wall in particular). Really rough textured concrete-priming on the canvas with bronze powder rubbed in to replicate rusting and black paint rubbed in to replicate general city/street dirt.







Here's a pic of the MAUER canvas before Ben did the lettering on it (those are his toes



No one is gonna tell me these are "merely words" - they are outstanding in the flesh and absolutely captivating (to borrow Harveyn's totally appropriate description from above). The Vandals canvas was Ben's own work, I just spotted it in the background on a pic he sent me and asked about it and couldn't pass it up when I heard it was there for the taking.

The mauer piece, as I said, was a commission and Ben was an absolute gent to deal with throughout always keeping in touch and letting me know what was happening and sending the odd progress photo (such as above) with descriptions of how he got to the effect he produced. A totally fascinating process and you feel somehow honoured (well I did) to have been included in his thinking and creative processes which makes the end result all the more valuable to have. And by honoured I don't mean that he made you feel he was doing you some huge favour - quite the opposite. A truly enjoyable experience and one I will be hopefully delving into again sometime soon!

Deilghted!! ;D ;D ;D ;D