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things of beauty, or rather massive monstrosities. this in more, coming up today on your own max the but 1st it's off to bosnia herzegovina, to see how one sculptor transforms a typical every day writing instrument into a masterful work of art. a pencil is so much more than a writing implement. it can also be carved into delicate master pieces like these crafted by buzz the and pencil artist. yes. include georgia beach let's see if people get lost it got i would sure. volume score 2 of those up close to add forms. i like sculpture based on the because it's 3 dimensional to it on.

and of course, creating one on a pencil that is very complicated. not the naval claim that it takes you to a higher level. and that's precisely what fascinating this meal about this kind of odd of us doing. the artist has already produced more than $200.00 pencil sculptures. he's motif include the world's tallest building, device, porch khalifa, tower, and an interpretation of edified monks. the screen through his work, whole pencils become trains passing through tunnels y'all, but she'll be on the likely. so normally i choose things that are right around the the sometimes i also work on objects that come from pop culture out of to do it. but in most cases, i choose my teeth from my immediate surround thinking with even this i, or cause you or in his whole city of to, is that he's already immortalized numerous tourist attractions. in graphite,

like the statute of king for the co, the 1st of bosnia, or the former gate of a dresser dating from the 17th century. the public fountain built in moorish style . yes and courtyard tibbets has already found his next motif always on us, yet. applicant. what's behind us as a replica of the old salt? well, how is that? we used to mine salt lake, but this was known for it sold 5. it's a, it's a name to us. the self derives from to the to contribute for sold does not take so george of each miniature pencil sculptures have been attracting attention for a decade. now. he's presented his art is more than 30 exhibitions around the world . and recently, at a gallery in paris, georgia beach cannot live from his art. the price is for his pencil sculptures. start at $400.00 euros,

and depend on their complexity the he needs between 5 and 10 hours to rough out the design. but it can take days to refine it for his miniature tower. he uses numerous scuffle blades as well as needles of the election audit. and it came with dave at the but it just got to just easier to work on. subjects like the human body where you can correct the shape. so a few things while you were working you some of it did look good where is buildings have strictly straight line. i'm assuming that must be followed precisely about the leading equation. what are you supposed to look at? yes, single george image puts the finishing touches on right in front of his subject. here it's the tower stretch that make for the most interested work. it requires has full concentration and dexterity ready to ensure the graphite doesn't break before the artworks finished log in with the list. that's because any of the many of the

sizes of the test now have already been kept to take in photographs and painting the talk with them. i want to use my skills and this kind of uh for you this deal to present these motifs. and then you were able to split it posted the day with the causing that could do after several hours. his work is completed, two's less. southwell tower has been cut down to size and fits on the tip of a pen. so the west fjords in iceland are a true natural paradise and a well kept secret. the remote peninsula lies in the north west of the country and just sparsely populated, even by iceland and standards. perhaps that's why it's worth discovering. the fascinating landscape has also caught the eye of nature, photographer, eisley royce, the secluded beaches

towering water falls and spectacular landscapes for all found in the west fjords, iceland remote natural splendor. just look at the view, you can see how beautiful it is. the west fjords are amazing. there's no place on earth like it and all around you have touched beauty and land. finally, royce has lived here for almost 5 years. she draws inspiration from it for her photography, and her enthusiasm is by no means hers alone. the australian lonely planet travel guide lifted the west fjords among its best in travel areas for 2020 to $1.00 of isley royce. favorite spots is a 10. yeah. and they waterfall the most challenging things for me. right. and as a photographer, are the weather here and the elements because the weather and the elements can both

be unforgiving. they can be not so kind to you at times and it's always good to be prepared for all situations here. the west fjords are a vast amaze, fjords and peninsulas. distances are long. the best way to get around it by car, but in winter, many of the roads stay closed. we have on this abundance of nature, and there's no one around. and so you can go hiking driving, and there won't be anyone around and you'll have it pretty much it all to yourself . in some ways, i would say the west fjords makes me feel like i'm in another planet, or it's just somewhere so far, like i'm at the edge of the earth or something. only about 10 percent of iceland tourists ever see the west fjords where summer's are short and winter's long. the

land kind of shows do you like who's in charge here and the weather because in the end, like the conditions are so harsh in the winter and, and just gives you much appreciation for it. the german american is not only a photographer, but also a filmmaker. on her travels around the island, she observes for coast arctic foxes, surfers breathing extreme conditions and much more stretching 10 kilometers along the west fjords. south western edge is literally the sun towed for red sands, the color of this and is a rare exception to iceland normally pitch black volcanic sand beaches. eisley royce likes to go jogging here. i really enjoy this beach here in the us yards because is the remote and this and the uniqueness of it. specifically,

if i were to go to the north sea in germany or beach and southern california, it'd be crowded with people. but here i can just enjoy that nature as it is just to the west rises to allow traviata, prominent tory, the clips tower up to 450 meters high. i really can spend hours here just watching the birds listening to the waves, photographing the birds and taking it off and just relaxing. it's really beautiful and peaceful. loved somebody out because also well known as one of the world's largest bird clips making it a popular photo subject. during the summer, millions of sea birds nest on it, including puffins. you can get up close and personal with them here. i found it very easy for me living here in iceland and i think the challenges weren't so negative in my opinion. um the remoteness, i like the remoteness,

i don't mind being by myself can be lonely. you have a lot of darkness. um, but if you have a close group of friends in the community to be with them, i find it okay. just over 200 kilometers. ne lies east fiesta, the largest town in the west fjords with a population of 2700. it started as a few wooden houses built by fishmonger then the 18th and 19th centuries. now eisley royce, to lives here. i really can't at the moment see myself living anywhere else in the world. i mean, look at this place. where else can you find a view like this and beautiful nature and think so secluded and so far away from all the stress of the big cities in life. and here is just perfect for me. ice lens, west fjords, a beautiful region still waiting to be discovered the, the, the

time now the shed, some light on the business of handmade chandeliers. today, most of them are produced by machines because making them the traditional ways too expensive. only a handful of companies still dedicate themselves to the craft, and one can be found in austria's capital vienna. the just a few finishing touches, then it's complete. the starbucks chan delay is load myers most famous item all over the world. this renowned v and these companies, chandeliers transform ordinary rooms into bold rooms. the manufacturer has a reputation for its extraordinary lights and designs, $200.00 of which are sold in more than 40 countries. every year. the company has been hand crafting chandeliers, since 1850. so beautiful. the team is united by

a passion for croft. this one is perfect, least up to me. okay. i've always been fascinated by light. we use traditional craft techniques and then we have the light. so there's a lot of variety to our conception affects them by. ready to use high shot build the frame for the chandelier, and then makes the pipe fittings caustic of these other pieces of pipeline cards. and i use for the chandelier intact with the beams and also to the pipe over the illumination waterford. they also like the. ready top to be cut to size the pieces of family touch together. for example, in this step called appraising, then the surfaces are finished elsewhere. afterwards they go to eric mandel. he is responsible for the assembly and the electrical parts. or all the table connections are discreetly sheet, and in addition to this,

here once the frame is finished, the work begins on for this particular piece consist of 16 lamps and about 500 gloss stein's fellows, the vehicle shifting the way 16 kilograms tend to be shipped to the united states. so that's also a challenge for us to see the home because we export a logic, we always have to meet this specific electrical requirements so that your country met the integrating the electric field that says that means that right is not good for that country. and then the wiring problem, everything has to feed the regulations of that country for, for the fish. thing with this is playing along this. it will definitely be a lot easier if we could just put wex candles on each one. they would work every with the full, the share. now he goes out to the customer. the boss has one last look. we'll do the safety test for the usa tomorrow. uh,

this one has really turned down. wonderfully. yeah, sure. and we live on the company has high profile customers all over the world. scott interior designer various roughly, what are the custom size starburst chandelier for canadian rapids, right? he's supervisor the installation at drake's luxury, mentioned in toronto, along with the team from lou maya, the dental stuff or the addition to lee we made for drake, was this model, but considerably larger at $3.00 when he does fire colors and it is the 2nd largest gym layer that's kind of next to the original, at the metropolitan opera in new york in the middle part of that will buy in new york. the original was designed in vienna, in the 19 sixty's for the metropolitan opera house in the 19th century load. my decorated king lunatic. the seconds had in teams a causal in southern germany. load. maya chandel is also decorate one of the small

ball rooms in vienna's imperial palace. the whole spoke as well as the auditorium of the v in a state opera, and the athens constant hold the dilutes the east fit in. the motion delay is a grand object for ever in a very dominant part of the architecture is even all the design. it is just that one detail needed to complete the overall assemblage. i can actually use that one detail comes at a price. the cost of, of the chandelier starts in the $5.00 digit range, and from the, the sky's the limit. fine craftsmanship for an exclusive clientele. the, it's full, it's aggressive, and people are divided over its beauty,

brutal list architecture. it's a style that developed in the 1950s, but loss of popularity in the 1980s because people viewed it as to cold. many examples, however, still exist and have developed a cult following, especially in the u. k, where the movement began clean lines, plenty of concrete and monumental b, this, the architectural style known as brutal as a whole, arises like no other. some see the heavy weight buildings as oppressive. others say they are daring ventures in architecture that deserve to be seen and protected. a present of stock text it to me is such an exciting, bold and vicious project. it's really will say squeezed into a few days in the 20th century. but in those years, we managed to build some of the most fantastic and bows and adventurous buildings

that the country's ever seen conservator henrietta billings has put her fascination with brutal lism to paper. she's created a map of 50 buildings in this style around london. one of her favorites can be found in west london, the 98 meter high charlie tower. it was designed as social housing by the british on gary and architect and new gold thinker and completed in 1972. back then, it was the you case, thomas residential, high rise and nickname, the tower of terror because of the areas 5 crime rate. but these days it's a popular residential area. and the iconic building is even available. as a souvenir clinic tower is a real landmark of london. not only because of its opposite e, monumental architecture. it's really striking silhouette, but it's also really recognizable from anywhere. um, and it's probably one of the reasons why it's been so successful in terms of merchandising. back to the center. the capital's biggest on some of the brutalized

architecture is located in the city, london's financial district. here we find the barbecue, designed by the british architecture firm chamberlain, powell and bon, when it was opened in 1982 queen elizabeth the 2nd described as a modern wonder of the world. visitors can learned about its unique concept in guided tours. using this, the massive concrete is would be impossible today. it would just be far too energy intensive and far too expensive. but not really. that is the technique with which they used to create the surface. and it is using a drill, essentially welcoming drilling this surface to create this really on even texture. the barbican includes a performing arts center, an art gallery and residential complexes. architect melanie issue that has renovated some 2000 of the plats for clients. she's lived in one of them herself

for a while and knows that many of her former neighbors are banned. so brutally some personal isn't. well, i really like it. but i think if you come with know troy and knowledge of brutalizing or the barbecue and or more than architecture, i think it's, it's but difficult. intermittent green areas form away seats in the urban deserts. the 3 residential towers reaching 123 meters high number among london's thomas building, also unique for the fireworks reserved for pedestrians while road traffic past has been a. henrietta buildings also appreciates the bar begins shifting perspectives and simplicity. we're just looking at stat k 2 into one of the blogs, but it's just 3 simple materials, concrete stealing plus. what i love about is just the simplicity of it, of 3, that simplicity you get designs like this and, and through the glass you see the concrete steps. and again, you see the still finest is to even 3. the class. you see the same repetition of

materials. i love it. on the south bank of the thames between westminster palace and tower bridge stands london's most prominent, brutally structure, the royal national theatre designed by english architect. so dennis, less than and completed in 1976, prince charles once compared it to a nuclear power plant. the complex was renovated for some 100000000 years and what of a theater is protected? other brutal? the structures are in danger of demolition. what we need to be careful of is diminishing these buildings because we think that they have less funny because we think that that more than, than they do any protecting. but actually, it is exactly why we do need to make sure that the best examples of protected a brutal isn't an architectural style, that divides opinion which is definitely worth seeing the

types more your ups, the rich culture on facebook discover stunning landscape. enjoy our fine being with your own that bringing you a wealth of, of in europe and traditions taking action. so be sure to check out our facebook page. many call this delicacy, black gold, truffles, shavings from black. truffles are added to dishes, to give them a richer flavor. these mushrooms fro seasonally in the south of france, where you can take part in the search for them. it helps, so to have a nose, your companion along in the hunt. this is not an

ordinary walk for a dog. molly here is specially trained to find saxon, i am here in monta, improve awesome southern france on the lookout for the climate and soil here make for ideal conditions without health, from a well trained nose finding these delicacies. would it be difficult, alexis omar, and his family have been specializing in, travels for 3 generations. very, very strong smell. right. good job. my good. yeah. so alex is tell me how do truffles grow in the ground? don't let them so a trifle is a mushroom that lives in cindy uses with a tree. without the presence of a tree, the trouble cannot develop. so this black travel costs around 35 years, right? why is it so expensive? i don't see. this is the shop that expensive because it doesn't sprout like white mushrooms, but the trouble doesn't grow so easily enough fields in a compost. there are several parameters for developing the trouble of culture. so

that was those parameters include a soil that is rich in limestone, and at the same time, soft and moist. the truffles here develop at the base of oak trees. the weather plays an important role. truffles also need plenty of water, but even with the ideal conditions in place, there is no guarantee of finding a trustful. even the keenest of noses might, which also affects the price. currently, one key low or about $25.00 black truffles can be washed and the impurities are removed. but how do you determine if the truffle is good and wait a good truck and must be firm a good black color? and it must be fragrant until it gets switched aside from producing truffles, there's your mar family also runs a bed and breakfast where from show me are seen here on the right is in charge of cooking for the guest. i mean, while, so what are we making today?

it looks like it's simple, scrambled eggs are on the menu the . what does the trussel give to the a very, to give a lump of eggs or a fatty substance like cream, oil and butter. he diffuses quite well of a sense of the trouble, which is a pleasant t i'm. that's what we're going to put in the eggs. this is complement. notice the recipe is easy enough to follow. all you need are fresh eggs and then shavings from a truffle. black truffles don't respond well to high heat, they can quick, they lose their properties so their best added quickly to a dish for flavor. the nest delicious taste. very earthy. like

a hint of woods in my mouth. you can also add truffles to a mild coming bear which absorbs the aroma through this experience, i learned that the search for these black diamonds is a very delicate business. but after having them in my eggs, i can't honestly say, i don't think that i can have them any other way. another day's work has gone to the dogs. but when working with marley here in france, that's a good thing. and that wraps up today's show. be sure to check us out on social media for more from the world of culture and lifestyle. thanks for tuning in and be sure to join us again. next week the,

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