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Used Wood, passion materialized in vintage reclaimed wood...
Diederick Kraaijeveld (Oudhout/Oldwood, The Netherlands, 1963) builds classic and modern icons in vintage reclaimed wood; an Airstream trailer, a Porsche 911 or a pair of Chuck Taylors (All Star sneakers)...With sometimes century-old painted planks, salvaged during intensive trips along dumpsters, old Amsterdam canal mansions, run down farms and faraway coasts, Kraaijeveld "paints" photo-realistic images... His palette is not filled with paint in all its different colors: a huge warehouse full of old wooden planks forms the base of each work of art.
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Sculpture Award
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Splendid news from Paris: Oudhout is the winner of the ´Sculpture Award´ at the international Street Art competition Artaq. many, many street artists from around the world participated, so Kraaijeveld is
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China Baby
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Over 50 inches high, partially done in wood from Shanghai China. The wood was not salvaged by me, but by Huib and Marieke, who live in China. They brought the wood
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