Pinhole camera

From December 2013 till June this year a pinhole camera was attached to a drainpipe of my house. The camera consists of two cans with photosensitive paper inside. The hole had to be as small as possible to increase the photo's sharpness. 

Development of this photo involved a scanner which sent a pdf to my mail address.

Next time I must ensure the paper is not placed in the corner where a fierce lamp lights up when you close the scanner's cover. 

In Elements I could reduce the effect of the scanner's lamp. Further I added some colours to the picture. Note my nicely red car in the front. 

Blauwwitte schaaltjes - Blue and white

The glaze was applied through dipping and pouring. The result is less than completely tight and neat. Just as I like it. 

Slangenmens - Contortionist

Pyke Koch was a dutch painter who lived from 1901 to 1991. In the 50s he made several paintings of the contortionist. I made a 3D version of this acrobat in clay. 

Red cracks, yellow, and blue

Three nicely thin walled bowls were glazed with silver blue on the outside and yellow on the inside.

One of them broke in two while cooling down after glazing. I glued them together. 

It cannot be used for my breakfast anymore now that I marked the cracks with red acrylic. I did something similar to the cracked head in January. 

Same bowls with red back ground. Red eats the blue here. 

Drie koppen - Three heads in one

This sculpture stands on three iron bars in my garden.

New destination

I am looking for a new destination for an orange mask. It used to be part of a structure of metal with ceramics and wires bent to reflect profiles. The mask attached to the middle of the structure led to instability. So it was moved to the bottom. The structure itself became feeble, the mask covered with green tarnish. The whole installation is now to be dismantled. Some parts to be recycled.

G.J. Teljer - hero in Jutphaas

Today (13th July 2014) is the final day of the exhibition where 11 of my photographs were shown with the story about G.J. Teljer. Below three pictures and the text. Plus an overview of my exhibition that was complemented with ship artefacts from the Museumwerf, among which an airscoop and pulleys.

Herenstraat:

Kerkenbrink:

Huis de Doorslag:

G.J. Teljer - surgeon, medical man and obstetrician 

At the end of the 19th century a medical man called Gerardus Josephus Teljer lived in the Herenstraat in Jutphaas which is nowadays a quarter in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands (referring 1st picture). This notable had a nice view on the estate Rijnhuizen. Often boats were moored to the quay along the Herenstraat. Those boats were headed towards the river Lek or Hollandse IJssel, or on their way back. 

Jutphaas was a small village but far from compact. That may be the reason why Teljer had a preference for transportation by horse and carriage to visit his patients in Juthaas and sometimes Vreeswijk. Among local historians he is known as the person who contributed the most to the eradication of cholera, in the late 19th century Jutphaas. In the course of the 19th century medics in the Netherlands learned and became aware that increases in hygiene served the battle against infectious diseases. Teljer put great effort in convincing the villagers and passing skippers to apply hygiene measures in their households (or shipholds).

Clean drinking water was another means in the combat against diseases. The medicine man had a pump realised on the Kerkenbrink (now Kerkveld, referring 2nd picture). This meant that everyone in that neighbourhood did not have to drink water from the river any longer. Local healthcare policy was not as far-reaching as Teljer wished it to be. The mayor and aldermen (referring 3rd picture with house where notables went for their meetings) perceived the risks as low or not as severe as Teljer evaluated them. National guidelines for healthcare were not applied. Teljer on the other hand visited infirmaries for cholera patients in both Jutphaas and Vreeswijk. The latter against the instructions of the mayor. Teljer helped where he could and fought against the disinterested attitude of the elite and the apathie of the working class.

References

• Historical figures come from the archive of the Historic Association Nieuwegein (http://www.museumwarsenhoeck.nl/vereniging.html)
• Journal of Historical Association Nieuwegein: Cronyck de Geyn, 1979-4 (http://www.museumwarsenhoeck.nl/cronyck-de-gein.html)

Exhibition: 

Artifacts on the floor, from left to right: 

airscoop, bollards, pulleys, sternlight, plate - part of iron ship.