That would be SUCH an amazing church to visit! It is so cute! And cool... deb :)
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:17 PM, John Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple of years ago a friend from Germany brought me a model of the > church in his town. The model was just a line drawing, with no color. My > friend said it was drawn by the former pastor of the church. I tried a > couple of things to color the model, but that is not one of my skills. I > mentioned my deficiency to Roger Pattendon, one of the masters of realistic > building coloration, and much to my surprise and delight he thought it would > be a fun project. This model is the result. > > St Catherine's Church in Bliedersdorf has real history. In our land, where > something two hundred years old is really old, this church is in another > league altogether. In another mere thirty years it will be eight hundred > (count 'em, 800) years old. In 1240 the good folks of the town decided they > needed a church, so they gathered stones from the fields around and started > to build. > > At the end of the day the workmen put down their tools and went home. On > returning in the morning they were startled to find that the building work > had continued during the night without them. They concluded the angels were > working the night shift--what else could they think? > > One night two boys (you know how boys are!) decided to solve the mystery > and eavesdrop on the angels. They hid in the nearby bushes, and were never > seen again. The only clue was a small corner of a coat sticking out from > between the stones. > > Because of the thickness of the stone walls, and the small size of the > windows high above the ground, it is thought that the design was intended to > be also used as a fortress if the need arose. > > I love the contrast among the colors and textures of this old church. The > original stone, and the red brick used to patch in places where the stone > was lost. The wood in the middle part of the steeple, and in the > half-timbering in some areas. The red tile of the roofs, with its heavy > coating of green moss in some places. An over them all, the slate of the > steeple roof. > > Thank you Roger, and thank you to the original designer, whoever you are > (my German friend is still trying to find him). > -- > John and/or Marzlie Freeman > Check us out at-- > http://2oldkiters.smugmug.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<papermodels%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
