Stonetec 2020 has been postponed until next year in May due to the Covid-19 pandemic. STEIN is nevertheless presenting an industry report in the 06/2020 print issue with many current product innovations from the areas of materials, construction chemicals, tools & more and art foundries. The last article in our online series on “Art foundries” is published today. PLEIN The Plein art foundry writes that it has been able to respond […]

Stonetec 2020 has been postponed until next year in May due to the Covid-19 pandemic. STEIN is nevertheless presenting an industry report in the 06/2020 print issue with many current product innovations from the areas of materials, construction chemicals, tools & more and art foundries. The last article in our online series on “Art foundries” is published today.

The Plein Art Foundry writes that it was with understanding – combined with a little melancholy – that it learned of the cancellation of this year’s Stonetec, which has long been a firm fixture in the industry calendar. For Plein, there is no question that canceling the traditional trade fair would have been the only sensible decision and thus offers planning security to all those involved. Under normal circumstances, the company would have been happy to welcome business partners, customers and trade fair visitors to the Stonetec stand and present the latest innovations to them: Among other things, the presentation of the recently published main catalog was planned. In addition to numerous new product additions, such as trimmings, ornaments and figures, the pool of fonts has also increased. In addition, the panel configurator and a new version of the font configurator were to be presented to the general public for the first time. The planned release is now scheduled for early summer 2020. Plein will provide regular updates on the latest developments via social media and its own website and would like to maintain all connections even in these difficult times. The company is also hoping for a joint meeting at Stonetec 2021. www.plein.de

The Strassacker art foundry promises to present numerous new products over the course of the year despite the Stonetec shutdown. The online store will continue to be constantly updated and a new catalog with many new products will be published as soon as possible this year. There will be new grave sets with very different and exciting design approaches as well as new font holders in very different shapes, which can be used flexibly for different types of graves, especially small ones. The great commitment to the area of mourning and cemetery culture, e.g. with the “trauer-now.de” platform, will also be continued with great dedication.
www.strassacker.com

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Ireland Glenkeen Garden

Building design

A book for photo lovers about the Glenkeen Garden in Ireland.

Glenkeen Garden is a 100,000 square meter site on Roaring Water Bay in West Cork, Ireland. The property was purchased by Wella co-owner Ulrike Crespo and her husband Michael Satke in 1990. Since then, they have been busy creating an extensive garden with varied garden spaces, organizing structures and numerous works of art. Michael Satke has now published a nine-volume work on the garden with Hirmer Verlag.

In it, five photographers present their very personal view of Glenkeen Garden. However, Ireland Glenkeen Garden is neither a documentation of the garden nor a reference book; indeed, it has to be said that the little technical content, for example in the plant index, has been compiled rather unprofessionally. For all his love of the garden, Satke would have done well to have an expert look over the plant list again.
It is therefore better to stick to the pictures, which show the garden in day and night shots, in the changing seasons and with many details. All the pictures are printed in matt, which limits the brilliance, but fits in well with the graphic concept with lots of white space and lush, large letters. The book is not geared towards mass taste, which cannot be the case anyway at a price of 389 euros. It is aimed at absolute lovers of Glenkeen Garden, people interested in graphics, people who value something special. This begins with the decorative box, the landscape format, thread binding and altar fold and ends with the limited edition of 999 copies. Artificial scarcity is intended to arouse desire. The book received the German Garden Book Award 2015 for the best garden portrait.

Michael Satke (ed.): Ireland Glenkeen Garden. Photographic works by Ulrike Crespo, Oliver Jiszda, W. Michael Satke, Kurt-Michael Westermann, Gerald Zugmann. German | English. 9 volumes in a jewelry box, limited to 999 copies, numbered. 546 pages, 581 photographs mainly in color. Softcover. Decorative box 38 × 30 × 9 cm. Hirmer Verlag Munich 2015, 389 euros

Neolith makes waves

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