Nottingham Alabasters: Recreating 18th Century Carvings (Crafts Documentary)

[@asddsa28]

This has got to be my favorite Series on the channel love how he works through the problems of the pieces he makes. learning something about technique of how they were made and just thinking about the work that they had to do back then mine blowing.

[@rudboypaintbrawl]

Great series, I Hope it grows into dozen or more episodes :D Cheers from Poland, keep on going :) Zajebiste zaprawdę ;)

[@cabbking]

A wonderful little piece of work, both the carving and the video. Thank you all so much.

[@gerry343]

Shaun Greenhalgh is very talented, he is expert in so many techniques.

[@phillipstroll7385]

Anyone who has ever read a book is an expert in all the techniques he's shown in this series. It's doesn't take a genius. It just takes curiosity

[@warefairsoda]

@@phillipstroll7385 You forgot practice

[@13minutestomidnight]

It's wonderful seeing these ancient art types brought back to life, especially by skilled experts (I mean, experimental archeologists like to have a go at these kind of creations, but you can tell when someone really knows what they're doing and can produce top quality artwork like this).

[@kje3429]

Love these shows with Shaun, so educational!

[@danielschoenmaker501]

So Brilliant you are Shaun!! Where are examples of such Alabasters still in their original Colours?? Congratutions team on a fantastic episode!!

[@nordlys3432]

So stunning, so talented and professionally shown. Thx so much! Hello from an German artist.

[@rawlsrules]

I think Greenhalgh is talented and very patient!

[@LadyLeda2]

All those ancient Roman statues that we love so much, were also painted like this. Can you image how gaudy and ugly it was? That's my opinion of course, because my attraction to them is their simplicity and the way you can see their form.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Always been a mystery to me too. I find Southern European Catholic churches resemble a fairground with altars that look like fairground organs. I am always expecting the Virgin to start playing the cymbals to 'Under the Double Eagle! Christ lying in a crystal tomb like Snow White! Please realise I am not knocking anyone's faith here, I am thinking purely as I see it as someone from a Protestant country and a self confessed heathen!

[@StephiSensei26]

You cannot be a fool and make convincing forgeries. You've got to know your stuff! Bravo Shaun!

[@phillipstroll7385]

That's why you sit alabaster in sand when carving it. It's hard enough to hold it but giving enough to absorb the shock.

[@kgspvgsp7569]

My thought exactly, how can one sits it on hard table top with the skinny wing already carved out?

[@cobmal6278]

Terrific rendition! AMAZED I AM, truly I am amazed!

[@epiphany2b628]

The natural, unpainted alabaster is so beautiful, it seems a shame to paint over it; but, in the interest of authenticity, . . . . I guess one must.

[@AnaLuizaHella]

Exactly! I was shocked to see it painted. It looks kitch.

[@michaelkelly8955]

That was fantastic. Ancient bling

[@RealSalica]

So interesting . We can only try to imagine what churches looked like in those years .

[@rogerdodger8415]

Next we send it to Hunan Province where they produce 25,000 copies at $14.95 ea.

[@bruceweber2361]

Ha !

[@43painter]

Unfortunately they forgot to mention in the description of the video where Janina did her short and quick course of Over-acting ! Its amaaaaaazing how spontànious she is and soooo natural ! You could really notice that Shaun Greenhalgh doesn't like camera's while he's working. It made him nervous. In the beginning when Shaun had the accidents while chopping away too much stone, the music came across to me rather sarcastic, almost mocking.

[@Newton14alan]

Stephan Reisig -- Watching Shaun made ME nervous...Especially when shit started breaking. My heart sank. Then, again, how else were we going to be able to see someone cursing over an angel? And I agree about the music. Honestly, I was surprised that the final product (the carving) turned out as good as it did.

[@kgspvgsp7569]

She is one of those fake over dramatics who think they knows so much more than others

[@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12]

This is a great representation of colour, from poor to rich, the middle ages were filled with colour, the clothing, the decoration, the houses.

[@guttormurthorfinnsson8758]

love this exsperilmental arciologe. this men is so good.

[@hughsanders6398]

Perhaps the source of the Alabaster was the problem :there was a huge WW2 explosion at Fauld in a Gypsum mine

[@beritbranch2436]

I would have liked to see the whole process, the slab, how did it get FLAT!

[@melissaharris3389]

Polychrom makes it easier to read the sculpture from a distance

[@earlycuyler9729]

I would have thought he'd use a smaller chisel for the carving of the figures.

[@alwina2452]

But I have never understood why it is that you would take a material like alabaster, which is so unique, and then just completely smother it with colour, until you can no longer see what it is. Why? Why not just use wood, or anything that was easy to carve, why put yourself through all that grief? The Romans,, Egyptians and many other ancient peoples did the same, all those beautiful carved stone sculptures that we now see, were almost invariably covered up with garish colour. I have always found it so odd....

[@thomervin7450]

Yeah it's weird, but maybe at the time the materials weren't valued in themselves. *shrugs*

[@eamonr7151]

them colors 🔥🔥

[@questioneverything55]

"He is going to meet Brian the guide - who is going to show him around" lol

[@TheFiown]

Really interesting, Shaun is a genius, he knows so much about everything. Pity the voice over has a slappable voice :

[@pufkfzoi8525]

Such a modest man.

[@mynameistechno]

Did he ever smile during the shooting of the film?

[@TheLeonhamm]

I wonder if traditional Catholics should demand their ancient artefacts back ...? The answer, of course, is no; one of the penalties of allowing Catholics back into the political realm of Britain (France, and elsewhere) was that of not claiming the return of their treasured history. Mind you, the mid-1960s saw Catholics throwing out much of the kind of artistic stuff now drooled over, in favour of brutalism. What a crazy world we're living in ... ;o)

[@michaelakay6804]

18th century??? You're out by at least 300 years.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

My stepfather's brother married an Ida Greenhalgh of Eastwood Nottm. On the other hand, I'm from a Jewish cuckoo who found a nest in Beeston Nottm. I've written the world's largest illustrated book since Henry Darger & Leonardo = 1000s of pages on maths, logic, philosophy, theology, travel, languages, psychology, intellectual history and Christian/Catholic/Patristic Visionary Art. See KZbin Dolcedo Art of the Thunderbolt ground-floor & mezzanine where some murals of hell are on show + The Lost Genius + Jim Overbeck explains his art 1,2,3 + Prosopic + etc. I hope you have some fun taking a look. God bless those who deserve.

[@reginaldwelkin]

It would take longer, but I think I'd avoid using a hammer/mallet.

[@keylupveintisiete7552]

15:06 It must be nice to get your lost art back 🙄

[@deer563]

Why the emoji

[@blackknight-qe9xs]

make sure it catches red algae and falls down the staircase

[@sandramcdaniel2]

I’m sorry, Waldemar what? How does it sound like that? The spelling is misleading... perhaps? I’m an American and clueless about European spellings and pronunciation. Love the video 👍🏼💗

[@dismith73]

Waldemar Januszczak

[@sandramcdaniel2]

@@dismith73 Yes. I’ve never heard the pronunciation before. It’s very interesting indeed. 👓

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

It's Polish

[@sandramcdaniel2]

@@hogwashmcturnip8930 I’ve never heard Waldy say it before.🤷🏻‍♀️

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@sandramcdaniel2 That's OK I don't know how to pronounce it either! I have to ait for him to say it! I can just about manage his first name, but the surname...? Lol No offense to Polish people by the way, I can't help being a dingbat.

[@cherryllcooper679]

As much as i LOVE these programs (I am an inveterate Anglophile, and an art and history buff) Dr. Janina gets on me nerves. Her delivery is as forced and over the top as her dress sense is deliberately concocted to seem “counter-culture”. Thanks for the upload, as its free I suppose I’ll just have to grin and bear it.

[@sandramcdaniel2]

😂 nice of you

[@rawlsrules]

Different strokes. It seems she succeeded in going counter to your culture.

[@Britgirl58]

She certainly is a foil for the quiet artist.

[@rawlsrules]

@@Britgirl58 Well stated.

[@thomervin7450]

Exactly, Cherryll. Really annoying and she doesn't add much to the program.

[@pedrovelver6829]

BORJAAAAAAA

[@joseffinat966]

Waldemar ich liebe dich 🥴👉🤒

[@susanneanna2421]

What with the awful background music? It really takes away from the presentation.

[@Mukundanghri]

Wouldn't it have been better to grind-carve with some small rotary tool?

[@thomervin7450]

It would've still crumbled once he hit the marl.

[@tobiashodson944]

Too much arm waving and theatrics greeting very skilled time consuming work.

[@darianp9930]

That one kinda flopped. Should have not painted it

[@joseffinat966]

Mooi om te zien hoe creatief mensen kunnen zijn met hun handen ,alleen moeten deze kunst geen hoofdrol spelen in Gods huis ,daar is maar een plaats voor de allergrootste creator ,hij duldt geen andere en zeg nou eerlijk is hij niet de meest creatieve God die altijd bezig is met deze Aarde te vormen 🙏