Nottingham Alabasters Reborn: An Artisan's Journey |Perspective

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Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the challenge of making an alabaster carving of the kind mass-produced in Catholic England in the centuries before the Reformation. But the mines in Nottingham that produced English alabaster were closed down long ago, and the destruction unleashed by Henry VIII has left behind precious few examples, so Shaun’s views about how the Nottingham alabasters would originally have looked shock Janina.
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From Handmade In Bolton
Directed by Waldemar Januszczak
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@asddsa28 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@gerry343 3 жыл бұрын

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

@phillipstroll7385 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

@@phillipstroll7385 You forgot practice

@cabbking 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rudboypaintbrawl 3 жыл бұрын

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

@13minutestomidnight 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Love these shows with Shaun, so educational!

@nordlys3432 3 жыл бұрын

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

@LadyLeda2 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@rawlsrules 3 жыл бұрын

I think Greenhalgh is talented and very patient!

@phillipstroll7385 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@epiphany2b628 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@danielschoenmaker501 Жыл бұрын

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

@cobmal6278 3 жыл бұрын

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

@RealSalica 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rogerdodger8415 3 жыл бұрын

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

@bruceweber2361 3 жыл бұрын

Ha !

@StephiSensei26 2 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelkelly8955 3 жыл бұрын

That was fantastic. Ancient bling

@hughsanders6398 3 жыл бұрын

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

@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12 5 ай бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

love this exsperilmental arciologe. this men is so good.

@43painter 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@earlycuyler9729 3 жыл бұрын

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

@alwina2452 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@eamonr7151 3 жыл бұрын

them colors 🔥🔥

@melissaharris3389 3 жыл бұрын

Polychrom makes it easier to read the sculpture from a distance

@beritbranch2436 3 жыл бұрын

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

@pufkfzoi8525 Жыл бұрын

Such a modest man.

@TheFiown 2 жыл бұрын

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

@theemptyatom 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ferrispictures 3 жыл бұрын

Shaun is a genius!

@mynameistechno 3 жыл бұрын

Did he ever smile during the shooting of the film?

@JimOverbeckgenius 3 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq 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.

@TheLeonhamm 3 жыл бұрын

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)

@sandramcdaniel2 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Waldemar Januszczak

@sandramcdaniel2 3 жыл бұрын

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

@hogwashmcturnip8930 3 жыл бұрын

It's Polish

@sandramcdaniel2 3 жыл бұрын

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

@hogwashmcturnip8930 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@keylupveintisiete7552 3 жыл бұрын

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

@deer563 Жыл бұрын

Why the emoji

@michaelakay6804 3 жыл бұрын

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

@pedrovelver6829 3 жыл бұрын

BORJAAAAAAA

@blackknight-qe9xs 2 жыл бұрын

make sure it catches red algae and falls down the staircase

@joseffinat966 2 жыл бұрын

Waldemar ich liebe dich 🥴👉🤒

@Mukundanghri 3 жыл бұрын

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

@thomervin7450 2 жыл бұрын

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

@cherryllcooper679 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

😂 nice of you

@rawlsrules 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Britgirl58 3 жыл бұрын

She certainly is a foil for the quiet artist.

@rawlsrules 3 жыл бұрын

@@Britgirl58 Well stated.

@thomervin7450 2 жыл бұрын

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

@susanneanna2421 2 жыл бұрын

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

@darianp9930 3 жыл бұрын

That one kinda flopped. Should have not painted it

@joseffinat966 2 жыл бұрын

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 🙏