He carved it out of a block, using makeshift tools, and the smoothing
out/polishing was done with shards of beer bottles …
Amities
Philippe
> Le 11 oct. 2018 à 18:20, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Fascinating, Philippe. I love the little aircraft.
>
> Chris
>
>> On 11 Oct 18, at 14:49, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I was lucky enough yesterday, when I met the joiner and cabinet-maker who
>> did all the (considerable) woodwork on our house 45 years ago.
>> Since we bought it last year, we were wondering, who, how, etc.
>>
>> And the guy is still kicking. I spent a while this morning in his workshop.
>> Yes, he’s still active at 85, and is currently working on the very same
>> fireplace bench as we have at home.
>>
>> The last photo of the series features his guardian angel, a model plane
>> -Ouragan- he made when he was enrolled aged 18 or so, on his spare time
>> during conscription.
>>
>> They start here :
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Noir+et+Blanc/Brehm-Cabinet-maker-0834.jpg.html
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Noir+et+Blanc/Brehm-Cabinet-maker-0834.jpg.html>
>> Plus the next 6.
>> And may be seen larger.
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