Author: eklastic

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Corner Art

On the corners of half-timbered houses there are often decorative wood carvings.

They can be very elaborate like these on the town hall of Hadamar:

Sometimes it’s just a simple decoration:

Sometimes it’s large figures:

Sometimes rather tiny ones:

And sometimes it’s a very candid view:

Which – believe it or not – was not an uncommon motive a few hundreds years ago.

Photographing Public Art Challenge

Traditional Trios

Three youngish men … arrive for the drinking and eating and revelling.

Three wine princesses … toast the crowd from the balcony of the old town hall.

Three elder town’s men survey the towns folk who have come to witness the beginn of the fest.

Thursday Trios