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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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Close up Yellow Beetle
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Once in a while I throw in another close up of my pieces....This one is from the Yellow Beetle that was sold at Art London in October 2008...
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