tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post5523442308224951734..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Clever dead bastardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65547152386136936992016-08-28T05:13:53.518-07:002016-08-28T05:13:53.518-07:00I have grown to despise it. When you first start o...I have grown to despise it. When you first start out, you look at the chisel rather than the stone, but this only lasts a few days. Then you learn how to take the pain when hitting your own hand.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51254920449743544082016-08-28T05:12:10.597-07:002016-08-28T05:12:10.597-07:00Not his style really. I think he may have done cen...Not his style really. I think he may have done centrepieces for the odd fire-surround, though.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-32930274091168755192016-08-27T20:49:21.317-07:002016-08-27T20:49:21.317-07:00Perhaps it was cut by Grinling Gibbons, just to se...Perhaps it was cut by Grinling Gibbons, just to see what he could do with marble.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19385426806455321982016-08-27T17:20:23.638-07:002016-08-27T17:20:23.638-07:00I listened recently to a group of artist friends, ...I listened recently to a group of artist friends, all going on my age, talk about how satisfying their medium is to them now, as opposed to when they were starting out. It's all about the thirty or more years of experience between then and now.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78775811119565148412016-08-27T15:50:47.154-07:002016-08-27T15:50:47.154-07:00As I constantly remind modern architects, the Roma...As I constantly remind modern architects, the Romans (of Vitruvius's time) who followed on from the Greeks, studied 12 different diciplines, one of which was acoustics. Their time as students was 21 years before working on any public buildings...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-27959395361509092672016-08-27T15:43:26.979-07:002016-08-27T15:43:26.979-07:00Yes , you can get awestruck every five minutes in ...Yes , you can get awestruck every five minutes in some environment. A while ago I wrote about our visit to the Theatre in ancient Epidauros in Greece. It's not an amphitheatre but a semi. Anyhow, the acoustics in it have never ever been copied, although some really have tried. The beauty and complexity of such wonders are to be treated as a rare gift. I am quite sure you will do a splendid job, Tom!!!Fairtraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51632777856972289882016-08-27T13:09:47.140-07:002016-08-27T13:09:47.140-07:00It's a house, Jim, but not as we know it.It's a house, Jim, but not as we know it.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-17207831544271248552016-08-27T12:16:49.926-07:002016-08-27T12:16:49.926-07:00... in quite meagre measures, I assure you.... in quite meagre measures, I assure you.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87294360229896996692016-08-27T11:12:10.523-07:002016-08-27T11:12:10.523-07:00I do marvel that such creations were ever possible...I do marvel that such creations were ever possible. In general I marvel a stone sculpting in general. Bravo to you, Tom, for skill, talent and courage.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68438639107353875092016-08-27T10:33:21.405-07:002016-08-27T10:33:21.405-07:00Sorry ... I missed the age bit and I thought you c...Sorry ... I missed the age bit and I thought you could just say if it was a house or municipal building or whatever without actually mentioning the location !! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-61750038246137108892016-08-27T10:30:20.675-07:002016-08-27T10:30:20.675-07:00I've already mentioned the age, and I studious...I've already mentioned the age, and I studiously did not mention the final location - more than my job's worth. More than I am worth, in fact.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-69049411682380570472016-08-27T10:29:01.778-07:002016-08-27T10:29:01.778-07:00Yes I could have, but they don't work.Yes I could have, but they don't work.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12647495407451501832016-08-27T10:28:26.262-07:002016-08-27T10:28:26.262-07:00I should have died 2000 years ago.I should have died 2000 years ago.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70752890221575862382016-08-27T10:27:34.543-07:002016-08-27T10:27:34.543-07:00You should have lived 2000 years ago.You should have lived 2000 years ago.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10720715987627979582016-08-27T08:49:18.598-07:002016-08-27T08:49:18.598-07:00Can't you use a 3D Printer?
(At the risk of ge...Can't you use a 3D Printer?<br />(At the risk of getting a T.S. whigging - and rightly so.)pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-62605345792310239052016-08-27T06:59:34.344-07:002016-08-27T06:59:34.344-07:00What lovely corbels you have Mr Stephenson .... wh...What lovely corbels you have Mr Stephenson .... what amazing skills you and the original artist have and had ! How old are they and where are they to be installed ? XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.com