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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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Salvaging in the Mojave desert
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On his 2010 US summer trip Kraaijeveld was passing through the Mojave desert, and near Barstow he encountered some nice, old and beaten up billboards... Especially the Mad Greek sign was worth
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Piece after inspection US customs
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Before the ´Sneakers´ piece could hang at the Run Blago Run group show in Chicago, customs had to check the packet thoroughly. This is the packet in the back of the
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