has traveled up and down south africa delivering medical care to rural areas that needed most global w. i just got it easy to fill out the it's time to give up for some spectacular landscapes as we are off to a well kept secret in iceland. also we'll look into the high end business of handmade chandeliers, a manufacturer in vienna. shares its story,

and buddhist architecture are these 19 fifties buildings, things of beauty, or rather massive monstrosities. this and more coming up today on your own macs the but 1st it's off to bosnia herzegovina, to see how one's comforter 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 busby and pencil artist. yes. include georgia beach let's see people. um it must, it got obviously volume score tools. i pushed the phones are like sculpture based

on the because it's 3 dimensional to do it on this. but on that, of course, creating one on a pencil that is very complicated, that the nibble clean, that it takes you to a higher level. and that's precisely what fascinating this meal about, this kind of odd with the artist has already produced. more than 200 pencil sculptures. his motifs include the world's tallest building, device, porch khalifa, tower, and an interpretation of edified monks. the screen through his work hole pencils become trains passing through tunnels. y'all should 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 article to it. but in most cases, i choose motifs from my immediate surround thinking with even this i, or cause you can 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, for the former gate of a dresser dating from the 17th century. the public fountain built in moorish style . yes, and courtyard to bitch 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 itself. fine. it's a, it's a name to us. the self direction to the, to contribute for sold is not true. so, george of each miniature pencil sculptures has been attracting attention for a decade now. he's presented has added more than 30 exhibitions around the world. and recently, at a gallery in paris, georgia beach cannot live from his art surprises for his pencil sculptures. start

at $400.00 euros and depend on their complexity. the t needs between 5 and 10 hours to reflect the design, but it can take days to refine it for his miniature tower, he uses numerous scuffle blades as well as needles. deluxe it out. it's not connecting with dave at the but it just goes to just easier to work on. subjects like the human body where you can correct the shapes of a few things while you were working east of it to the good. where is buildings have strictly straight line? assume that that must be followed precisely about the lean nicholas and what are you supposed to look at? the single george of which 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 to ensure the graph doesn't break

before the artwork finished with the live. that's because on each of the, many of the sizes of the test that has already been kept to take in photographs and painting the talk with them. i want to use my skills and this kind of out for you to still to present these motifs. and then you were able to split those to the tables for causing the custodian asked. 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, 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 ics standards. perhaps that's why it's worth discovering. the fascinating landscape has also come the eye of nature, photographer, eisley royce,

the secluded beaches, towering waterfalls and spectacular landscapes are all found in the west fjords ice limbs remote natural splendor. just look at the view, you can see how beautiful it is, the west towards our 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 and travel areas for 2020 to $1.00 of isley royce. favorite spots is a 10. yeah. and the waterfall, the most challenging thing for me, i think as a photographer,

are so why they're 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 device lens tourists ever see the what fjords where summers 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 is normally pitch black volcanic sand beaches. nicely royce likes to go jogging here the. i really enjoy this beach here in the us yards because the remoteness and the uniqueness of it

specifically. um if i were to go to the north sea in germany or uh, beach and southern california, it'd be crowded with people. but here i can just enjoy the nature as it is just to the west rises to allow traviata, prominent tory, the clips tower up to 450 meters high. i really concerned 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 lounge sort of. yeah. 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 thought it very easy for me living here in iceland and i think the challenges weren't so negative in my opinion. um um the remoteness,

i like the remoteness uh 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 that okay, just over 200 kilometers, ne lies. it's up to you up to the largest town in the west fjords with the population of 2700. it started as a few wouldn't houses built by fishing monitors on 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 being 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

time now to 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 vi in 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 salting. chandeliers, since 1850. so beautiful. the team is united by

a passion for croft. this one is perfect, least companies. 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 i work with stuff it, i'll fix them to buy. ready to use high shot build the frames addition to the and then makes the pipe fittings for security. so this is a pipeline costs and i use for this sandy leah intact with the beams and also to the pipe over the illumination water. 50 aust, like the. ready top to be cut to size the pieces of family touch together. for example, in this step called praising, then the surfaces are finished elsewhere. afterwards they go to eric mandel. he is responsible for the assembly and the electrical parts. all the table connections are discreetly hidden in the chandelier. seeing the once the

frame is finished, the work begins on hanging for this particular piece consists of 16 lamps and about 500 gloss, stones fellows. the vehicle shed. leo weigh 16 kilograms lift and it will be shipped to the united states. that's also a challenge for us. because we export a logic, we always have to meet this specific electrical requirements. so that your country without explaining the electric field that says that means that right is not good for that contract. and then the wiring problem, everything has to feed the regulations of that country for, for the fish thing with this edge. but in the long this it will definitely be a lot easier if we could just put wecks candles on each one. they would work everywhere to the full, the shadow, 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 out wonderfully. yeah,

sure. and we gotta get on. the company has high profile customers all over the world. scott interior, designer fair is roughly what are the custom size style the chandelier for canadian rapids, right, he's supervisor the installation at drake's luxury mansion in toronto. along with the team from loop maya, the dental stuff or the vision to leah, we made for drake, was this model, but considerably larger at 3.8 when he does fire kind of and it is the 2nd largest gender 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, little of my decorated king lunatic. the 2nd half in teams, a causal in southern germany. load,

maya chandeliers 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 loose, the east for the option delay is a grand object forever. and a very dominant part of the architecture is even off the design. it is just that one the town needed to complete the overall assemblage ogden up east on 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 vote, it's aggressive and people are divided over its beauty, brutal list architecture. it's

a style they've developed in the 1950s but lost the popularity in the 1980s because people viewed it as too 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, isn't polarizes 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 just to me is such an exciting, bold and bishop 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 is them 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 fight crime rate. but these days it's a popular residential area and the iconic building is even available as a souvenir, a ton of time. it is a real landmark of london, not only because of its absolutely 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 being 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 and chamberlain, powell and bon, when it was opened in 1982 queen elizabeth the 2nd describes it as a modern wonder of the world. visitors can learn about its unique concept in guided tours. using the massive concrete is being possible today, they would just be thought to energy intensive and far too expensive. but not only 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 i need to texture . the barbican includes a performing arts center, an art gallery and residential complex's, 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 bans a brutal,

brutal isn't well i really like it. but i think if you come with know troy and knowledge of fruit to live in or the baba can or the modern 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 buildings. also unique for the fight walks 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 it is just the simplicity of it, of 3, that simplicity you get designs like this and, and through the gloss, 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 while the 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 and they don't need protecting. but actually, it's 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

more your ups, the rich culture on facebook discover stunning landscape. enjoy our fine cuisine with your own that's bringing you a wealth of, of the european traditions taking action. so be sure to check out our facebook page. many cold list 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, though, 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 so called black diamonds in france. hi roy. i megan lee from your own. the france is a leader when it comes to harvesting truffles. the climate and soil here make for ideal conditions without health from alexis, omar and his family have been specializing in truffles for 3 generations. very, very strong smell. right. good job, my good. yeah. so alexis, tell me how do truffles grow in the ground? don't let him so a trifle is a mushroom and it lives in some vios, this with a tree or costs around 35 your rows. why is it so expensive? i don't see c c shell, but it could offensive because it doesn't sprout like white mushrooms, but the trouble doesn't grow so easily in the fields in a compost. there are several parameters for developing the trouble of culture, so that 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 knows it's might confess, between 701000 years. during the harvest season, visually washed and the impurities are removed. but how do you determine if the truffle is good, and wait a good trouble and must be firm a good black color. and it must be fragrant. aside from producing truffles, there's room. our family also runs a bed and breakfast, where from show mar, seen here on the right is in charge of cooking for the guest any while. so what are we making today? it looks like simple scrambled eggs are on the menu the

. what does the trussel give to the a really to give a lump of the eggs or a fatty substance like cream oil and butter the diffusers quite well, the sense of the trouble of which a pleasant year. and that's what we're going to put in the eggs. this is one of the recipe is easy enough to follow. all you need are fresh eggs and then shavings from a trustful black. truffles don't respond well to high heat, they can quickly lose their properties. so their best added quickly to a dish for flavor. this 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 molly here in france, that's a good thing. and that wraps up today's show. be sure. thanks for tuning in and be sure to join us again next week the

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