With a number of students woodcarving on educational trip in Liège | D'Ansembourg Museum in Liège | Liège style carvings and ornaments

With a number of students ornamental woodcarving
on an educational trip in the city of Liège, Belgium.

With a number of students woodcarving on educational trip in Liège | 

D'Ansembourg Museum in Liège

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June 2018

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in June (2018) I had planned a short visit to the city of Liège (Belgium) with a number of students in ornamental woodcarving.  The fact is that on Saturday morning I teach the woodcutting course in the buildings of Syntra in Tongeren. So these trips can be very interesting and instructive for the student.

I try my very best to teach my students the delicacy of the Liège style and ornamentation. The city of Liège is about 20 minutes away from Tongeren. It is a city where you can easily spend a few days. Liège is historically important and is a city with a great variety of buildings and culture. A visit to the Museum d'Ansembourg was on the program.

This 18th-century mansion, built in the Liège style, is dedicated to 18th-century decorative arts and gives the visitor a good idea of the sophisticated lifestyle of the time. The museum has a wonderful collection of furniture from Liège, including refined carvings and inlays. All rooms are equipped with carpets and 18th-century Liège furniture from all sorts of stylistic periods. Some rooms have Cordoban leather wall coverings and Venetian-style glass chandeliers.

With a number of students, woodcarving on an educational trip in Liège |

D'Ansembourg Museum in Liège, Belgium

With a number of students, woodcarving on an educational trip in Liège |

D'Ansembourg Museum in Liège, Belgium

D'Ansembourg Museum | Liège style carvings

Liège garde-robe cabinet

D'Ansembourg Museum | Liège carvings, ornaments

Liège display cabinet

D'Ansembourg Museum in Liège |  

Liège style carvings and ornaments

With a number of students, woodcutting on an educational trip in Liège, Belgium. |

D'Ansembourg Museum, courtyard

Heraldic coat of arms in stone |

d'Ansembourg Museum in Liège

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In the museum café of Musée Curtius in Liège (next to the d'Ansembourg Museum) we had to recover from all the beauty of the D'Ansembourg Museum and in the afternoon we had planned a short walk through the city of Liège, specifically Rue Hors-Chateau region.

A visit to the Montagne des Bueren, Impasse des Ursulines and the gardens of Liège were on the program.

This pleasant Saturday afternoon ended in the Italian restaurant I Giardini in the centre of Liège. The price quality is still excellent and unchanged since I first came here for dinner in 1987.

Montagne des Bueren in Liège

Impasse des Ursulines

gardens of Liège

 Italian restaurant I Giardini in the centre of Liège

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Wooden carved billboard for a Company | A logo carved in wood | Costumier Maison D’Longueville | Lebeau-Courally Logo.

Wooden billboard for a company 

 To carve a logo in wood.

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Advertising board in oak.

It doesn't happen often that I have the opportunity to carve a logo or a billboard for a company or a store.

I have already made small company logos in wood in the past, but the combination of several company logos with a text on one large board was a special challenge because of its dimensions. The whole board was made from one single panel.

The manager of the Costumier Maison D’Longueville and VIP Boutique and his architect had specific wishes for this sign that had to be placed outside.

Because it will be exposed to all weather conditions and should also have the classic characteristics of the building, high quality oak wood was chosen for this execution.

Carving a logo in wood | Mont Blanc luxury pens.

The design for the 1-meter high board with a width of 80 cm was sent to me by the client (*). The wood technical aspect required for the execution were -of course- determined by myself.

The large frame that forms the edge of the board was completely carved out of the thick solid oak panel and not mounted on it. This prevents the use of glue and nails on the frame, that will form openings after a while, a natural property of wood, resulting in seams and damages due to weather conditions.

The oak board on the façade serves as a kind of direction indicator. On one hand, it shows the way to the entrance of the Customier Maison D’Longueville and on the other hand, it indicates the direction to the VIP Boutique on the first floor of the building. This exclusive building, run by Kristof d’Hondt and his team, combines the Customier clothing store on the ground floor with a range of customized products from Mont Blanc and Lebeau-Courally brands, housed in the upper level. Appropriately, in addition to the emblem and the name of the Maison D’Longueville, the logos of these two brands were also sculpted in the oak.

(*) Designs and models for the assignments can be designed by me, with or without consultation with the client or fully implemented. And this according to the model of the latter. For any (wood) technical and/or aesthetic obstacles that may occur during the implementation and / or improvements to the design, there are always some consults with the customer.

Translation: Lis Alvarado van den Enden

Making-carving a logo in wood / Lebeau Courally

Advertising panel carved in wood | Carving a logo in wood

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The City of GHENT | Architectural detail in WOOD and STONE | Ornamental Detail in the streets of Ghent (Belgium)

Ghent, Europe’s Best Kept Secret

The undiscovered Flemish jewel of a city boasts an opera house, a handful of museums, even more ancient churches, and countless bridges spanning the two rivers that wind themselves through the city. The true joy of the town is to be found whiling away an afternoon in an outdoor café. Whether your wrapped under blankets sipping a coffee in the winter or sunning yourself in the springtime with a cold Belgium brew, you will fit in with the locals if you simply enjoy the great atmosphere this town offers. If possible, find a seat on the Graslei, a scenic canal spot in the centre of town, with a great view on the many bridges, grand houses and medieval buildings.

Alternatively, hop on a bike and explore the nearby Patershol district with a small labyrinth of charming cobblestone streets, the towering Gravensteen Castle and Unesco recognised bell tower. The laid back atmosphere of this liveable, lovable city means enjoying the vibrant nightlight of a university town then quaffing cava at the flower market the following Sunday morning.

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