What a good story! Thanks for sharing.... Bob D... --- On Wed, 1/27/10, Deborah A Chase <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Deborah A Chase <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Papermodels II 41698] John Freeman's Photos--Kirche Bliedersdorf To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 4:50 PM 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]. 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. -- 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.
