Nottingham Alabasters: Recreating 18th Century Carvings (Crafts Documentary) 

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

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

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.

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.

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

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....

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

I think Greenhalgh is talented and very patient!

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.

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

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

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).

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

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)

Polychrom makes it easier to read the sculpture from a distance

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

That was fantastic. Ancient bling

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

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

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

It would take longer, but I think I'd avoid using a hammer/mallet.

This is a great representation of colour, from poor to rich, the middle ages were filled with colour, the clothing, the decoration, the houses.

Too much arm waving and theatrics greeting very skilled time consuming work.

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

Love these shows with Shaun, so educational!

make sure it catches red algae and falls down the staircase

That one kinda flopped. Should have not painted it

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.

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 RU-vid 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.

Such a modest man.

Did he ever smile during the shooting of the film?

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

Waldemar ich liebe dich 🥴👉🤒

love this exsperilmental arciologe. this men is so good.

them colors 🔥🔥

BORJAAAAAAA

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 👍🏼💗

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 🙏

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