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I've had my crisis a long time ago already! Met Paverpol heb ik een extra hulp in huis! We wish you a happy, healthy and creative 2009! Becasue of Paverpol I got my interest in life back Paverpol awarded twice at BIGGEST trade show! Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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PAVERPOL statue on Dutch TV! |
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Alright, it's not exactly world news but still good enough to let you know about it. Obviously most of the money is going towards taking care of the children. I don't smoke, don't drink and I never go out.
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The statue is made at one of our workshops since I recognized the style. Jan always has his photo camera close by so it did not took long before a photo was made. We're not sure if the lady who was being interviewed made the statue since we did not recognize her. I hope she will forgive us since we've seen appr. a couple of thousand students in the past years! If the lady recognizes herself or the artist who made the statue then please send us an email and we will send you a nice gift. There has to be an award for promoting Paverpol this way! Jossy de Roode
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I've had my crisis a long time ago already! Met Paverpol heb ik een extra hulp in huis! We wish you a happy, healthy and creative 2009! Becasue of Paverpol I got my interest in life back Paverpol awarded twice at BIGGEST trade show! Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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I've had my crisis a long time ago already! |
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My name is Joke Gelderblom and I'm 45 years old. I'm a divorced single mom and I'm very happy with my three children. The thing that bothers me is that nobody can talk about anything else lately then the crisis. You don't hear anything else anymore on radio and television then the same topic; the crisis. And I think by myself: I'm familiar with that way of living already for years. When my ex divorced me and left me with three small children I was going through a crisis. I couldn't go out and get a job since my kids were too young. Daycare was too expensive. I'm an only child and my parents passed away so I did not have anyone else to look after my kids. It was a tough time and I had to be inventive to pay all the bills each month. But up until now I managed to do that. It's not like we have a lot of money to spend but you get creative when you're in a situation where you have to save every dime to make ends meat. Obviously most of the money is going towards taking care of the children. I don't smoke, don't drink and I never go out.
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The only luxury I allow myself to spend some money on every now and then is a jar of Paverpol. I always look at the Special Offers and often I saved some money with that. The Valentines Special was terrific!
I make dolls and figurines practically my whole life. Sometimes I sell one of them but mostly I keep them myself. If I sell one then I use the money for new material or to buy something nice for the kids. Crisis? Not for me, I'm used to this way of living. As long as I have my Paverpol I'm happy and you won't hear me complain! Joke Gelderblom
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Met Paverpol heb ik een extra hulp in huis! We wish you a happy, healthy and creative 2009! Becasue of Paverpol I got my interest in life back Paverpol awarded twice at BIGGEST trade show! Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Paverpol helps me in and around the house! |
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"I work woth Paverpol since a couple of years. My hobby is making statues from different kinds of colored textile. Unfortunately I don't have as much time for it as I would like. I'm a single mom and work 36 hours a week at an Insurance company. My two kids are 10 and 8 years old and they need a lot of attention as well. Every other week they are spending a weekend at their dad's and that's when I have some time for my hobby. But I'm not doing that all the time because I've got a lot of wonderful friends and we go out often or we go for a weekend get-away. Working with Paverpol relaxes me. I have a busy job and no help in and around our house. That's why Paverpol is my extra help now and then because I use Paverpol for more then just makinf statues. Last spring I took my roatan chairs out of the shed and noticed that thr roatan gor loose here and there. I cut a couple of pieces out of a beige old t-shirt, dipped it into the Paverpol and wrapped it around the legs of the chairs. They looked fantastic. I was so proud of myself.
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I repaired the base of a standing light fixture the same way. But I'm most proud of my wooden floor in the attic. One particular spot had this hole already for years. I should had a whole new piece put in, but hey, it was at the attic and it got forgotten. Until that one time I wasn't paying attention and almost sprained my anckle when I stepped into the hole. I got this great idea. I asked the man at the saw mill in our village for some saw dust which he gave me for free. I mixed it with Paverpol until it got quite thick. I filled the hole with the mixture, made it smooth at the surface and let it dry. After a couple of days it had hardened and I colored the spot to match it as close as possible with the existing floor panels. You can still see where it was but it looks much neater and I don't have to watch anymore where I put my feet. I'm so glad with my 'Paverpol maid'!" Willeke Snijders.
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We wish you a happy, healthy and creative 2009! Becasue of Paverpol I got my interest in life back Paverpol awarded twice at BIGGEST trade show! Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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We wish you a happy, healthy and creative 2009! |
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Despite recession, we still believe in a terrific 2009!
Photo: Especially for our readers in the southern parts of the world; a Christmas photo without any snow. If we all start the new year with negatives thoughts then it won't be the year that we are all hoping for. So, we are not going to join those who think negative. Positive thinking will give you energy and is much more fun! In the past it's proven that in times when the economy wasn't so good people were searching for some kind of distraction from it all. And creative people are having some advantage in that. Let's be honest, what's better then not thinking about anything else for awhile and use your mind and hands to create something beautiful?
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You all know as well that time flies when you're you're busy creating something beautiful and that you don't think about anything else then the art piece you're working on. And obviously we will do our best to inspire you as much as possible. Our new PAVERPOL BOOK is in production with 30 NEW art pieces in it! It will be available in our store per March/April 2009! We will keep you posted! We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a positive, happy, healthy and creative 2009! Jan & Jossy de Roode
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Becasue of Paverpol I got my interest in life back Paverpol awarded twice at BIGGEST trade show! Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Because of Paverpol I got my interest in life back |
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"Three years ago I lost my husband because of a heart failure. All of a sudden I became a widow. He was never ill, a healthy, happy and strong man of only 59 years young when he passed away. My world collapsed and I lost any interest in life," says Erna de Geus. "My husband retired early at the age of 57 and we did spend a lot of time together in and around our trailer at a campground. After he passed away I lost all interest in going to the trailer and enjoy it all. What was I supposed to do there all by myself... We were always together, shared a lot of the same interest and because of that we didn't had a lot of friends. I wanted to sell the trailer but my children advised me to not rush in to anything and wait for awhile before doing that. Furtunately because after the first horrable year, I slowly became myself again. I had to because I wanted to be there for my children and grand children. My oldest daughter is a Paverpol course leader who gives Paverpol workshops. I sometimes helped her out as a kind of therapy with making sure that her students were offered coffee and/or tea. The nice atmosphere on a day like day worked well for me. I started talking with some of them and quite often we had a fantastic conversation. This was wonderful. My daughter asked me if I wanted to join one of her courses. I had never worked with Paverpol before but I did see the results of her students.
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Not everyone is very creative but they all left with a beautiful statue. So, I decided to join them and I was so surprised when the end result was a beautiful statue as well. Now that I got a taste of it I wanted to learn more and quite often you could find me at my daughter's place making new statues. The third summer after my husband passed away, my daughter joined me to the trailer. I liked that because I didn't feel comfortable yet in going there alone. She also took her hobby materials with her. Quite often you could find us making things. It didn't took long before everyone on the campground knew what we were doing and came to take a look. They asked us if we could give a workshop at the campground as well. We did that and it was a great success. I met a couple of nice ladies and started my own hobby club with them. Whenever I'm at the campground I'm never alone for too long. Because of my new friends I have enough people dropping in and it's really great to be with friends who share the same interest. Erna de Geus
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Paverpol awarded twice at BIGGEST trade show! Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Artist Adele Sciortino |
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During our visit to New York we met Adele Sciortino, a great artist! She makes sculptures and masks made out of different materials. And since the last couple of years she works with Paverpol as well which we are obviously very happy with. She did write a great article about Paverpol and related products in the last October issue of "Doll Crafter & Costuming" magazine.
Adele is born and raised in New Orleans-Louisiana. At the moment she lives in Canada. She comes from an artistic family of couturiers, music teachers and quilt artists. So it was no surprise that Adele took the same direction. She is working for more then 10 years now to improve her own skills over and over again. She is a perfectionist which you can see in her work which is perfect in every detail. Her sculptures and figurines don't get dressed with clothes but decorated with a variety of materials, from beads to lace, jewels, paper mache, and differents textiles which are a few of them. Then they get painted.
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Jan and I got an art calendar from Adele with one of her figurines on one of the pages. The calendar has a spot in my studio and I love to look at it frequently. Her sculpture "Arrow of Faith" was receiving an award at the "Pen & Brush Gallery" in New York at the first 'Certified Paverpol Instructor Art Show'. It wasn't her first award since she already received several in the past years. All Adele's art pieces are unique. There are no duplicates anywhere to be found. Adele is a member of wellknown Art Groups like ODACA and 'The Professional Doll Making Guild'. She also gives workshops in North America. We would recommend to visit her website It is definitely worth it: www.adelesciortino.com
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Paverpol awarded twice at BIGGEST trade show! Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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10 Year Anniversary of Paverpol |
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I usually only focus on the future. Making new plans, taking on challenges and doing new things. And of course the best part, working out new ideas! But it's time to look back for a moment. I've been working with Paverpol for more then 10 years! Wow, time sure flies! After experimenting for a couple of years with Paverpol, Jan my husband, and I decided to start selling it to shops and artists in Holland. It became a huge success. We did get a lot of attention in the Dutch media, interviews, television programs and articles about Paverpol in a variety of Hobby and Garden magazines. The phone kept ringing and we were holding workshops on a daily basis. We also had a succesful business in Rotterdam but we were thinking of selling it for quite some time already. And the time was there to do just that. We moved from Rotterdam to the province of Zeeland. We had a studio build in our yard where I was able to give workshops and train course instructors. I can honestly say that we've had hundreds of students who visited our studio. Jan was taking care of everything business wise. Our new company was growing fast, we loved our new 'job' and we agreed that this is how we both wanted to grow old.
But our life took another turn. After the Paverpol-hype was calmed down in Holland and sales were stabilized, we started focusing on other countries. We went to the biggest hobby material exhibition in the world held in Dallas-USA and booked a booth to inform visitors about our product Paverpol. |
There were several importers interested which meant that we had to pay them a visit to give Paverpol demonstrations and workshops. We also had to visit exhibitions in other countries. That's how our 'traveling-life' started. The time we spend at home was getting less and the weeds in our beautiful yard we're getting out of control when we were gone for a couple of weeks. At this moment we are exporting Paverpol to 17! different countries. We moved again to a more convenient and easy to maintain home and garden. We are still in Zeeland, only 300 metres from the beach which we can't do without. On every trip we do bring our laptops with us, so that wherever we are in the world people can always reach us. The expedition department is being handled by Jan from location. Long Live the Computer Century! If work permits we stay in Spain during the winter months. But family and friends are very important to us which means that Zeeland will remain our home base. As only textile hardener we got the the world known AP Safety Certificate! We're so proud to have achieved this! It means that it's clear for everyone that Paverpol is a safe product for people, animals and environment! Jan and I are enjoying our 'new life' to the fullest and we hope that we will be able to keep doing that for a very long time. Jossy de Roode
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Paverpol awarded twice at BIGGEST trade show! Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Paverpol was awarded twice at BIGGEST Trade Show! |
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At the biggest trade show in the world, the CHA that was held last month in Chicago, Paverpol has won two important awards. The first one in the category for most innovative and safest product in artist materials. The innovative aspect is Paverpol Black. Safety of our products is the most important thing and we're so proud that we got the safety label as the only textile hardener. That we got this award proves that we're doing it right. The second award was for a sculpture made by one of our students "Lady sings the blues". It's really fantastic once you hear: Paverpol Black is becoming a 'hit'. It's a terrific color to start with and to make a lot of variety with. As a basic for bronze it's perfect as well as for other colors.
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Next month Paverpol is celebrating it's 10th birth day. How we are going to celebrate it? You will read about it in next month's Paverpress!
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Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Queen Beatrix charmed by Paverpol statue! |
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For a visit of Queen Beatrix to Makkum on April 30 - 2008, the city of Wûnseradiel in the province of Friesland, gave the assignment to build a huge statue. They chose to make a sea monster that in the history of Friesland plays a big part. The story starts far before BC with the mystical sea monster named Narf. The monster gets ashore in the province of Friesland (the Netherlands) after a huge battle between the Northern Gods and their enemies the Giants. Narf was the pet of one of the Giants and was able to escape beauce of a huge wave. Once ashore in Friesland he is used to defend the coast against pirates. For this assignment they chose to work with Paverpol because they had to make the construction with the help of children and he had to be rain and wind resistant.
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The skeleton was made out of wood and chicken wire which was covered in sheets with Paverpol. After it dried they paibnted it with acryl paint. From the hangar in Pingjum, where Narf was made, he was driven on a big utility trailer to Makkum. The Queen was charmed by this huge but friendly looking monster. Narf will stay outside for the rest of this summer at the biological garden centre Ferskaat, next to the tea farm Nije Trije, Nesserlaan 4a in Pinjum. A great attraction for visitors!
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Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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How Paverpol changed my life! |
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Brenda Topley makes an art piece for an auction for the "Equestrian for the Disabled" We got a mail from Brenda Topley, a Canadian artist. And this is what she wrote: I started thinking of the piece and I was compelled to go the centre and see for myself. Being there and I started to draw what was in front of me: children and horses. I saw the broken bodies with the pure hearts,
Back home I started to make a child riding on a horse. I used my favourite material: Paverpol. While making the piece I was reminded of my own
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He said it never bothered him because he was always treated with love and no difference than other family members at home. That is how I saw those children, no different.
When we went to the auction, I was hoping to raise a modest amount of money to help the centre. Danny Hooper, he is a radio announcer, a Danny has a wonderful talent and truly knows how to help people. He said he was going to sign the It was such a humbling experience to realize I could make a difference with my art. I thank Danny and I will keep doing my art always with love and good intention. Brenda Topley
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Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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1st Paverpol Award in USA! |
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Last April Jan and I were invited by our importer to come to New York to give a master class workshop to educated C.P.I.'s (Certified Paverpol Instructors). Among these C.P.I.'s were a couple of well known artist who also made some art pieces which were up for showing in the Pen & Brush Gallery, New York. Jan and I were invited to visit this gallery. I had the honor to hand out the award, made by myself, to the artist who made the most beautiful piece of art. It wasn't easy, I can tell you that. Our jaws dropped literally when we looked at all these amazing art pieces. Piece by piece they were just beautiful. But we had to make a choice and eventually I chose a wall panel made by an artist named Morgan Elser from Delavan - Illinois. The exposition was a great success since quite some art pieces were sold as well that evening.
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The idea for a Paverpol Award came from our American importer. Thanks Christa! Because it was such a huge success we are planning to do this every year from now on. At the same time we had the idea to award a Paverpol Award to the artist who made the most beautiful, original or most meaningful Paverpol Art Piece for our internet-gallery. We do receive so many beautiful photos and we decided to do something with that. Everyone can join even with more then one art piece/photo. In the Paverpress of January 1, 2009 we will let you know who will get the Paverpol Award. It's an exclusive statue made by Jossy de Roode. Join now and win this exclusive award!
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Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! Paverpol helps arthritis patient! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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The circle is closed! |
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"THE CIRCLE IS CLOSED", Dick d'Agostino emails from Baltimore USA. "I've worked for magazines, daily newspapers and television for years. But the higher I got in my career, the further I drifted from my actual passion: working with new materials and developing new art forms. After a period of not knowing what to do, I decided to go for it and I quit my good, lucrative management position. I hunkered for new challenges and I couldn't wait to get started. I started looking for new materials that would work great with my creative ideas. Under supervision of Amanda Degener, Dick took a couple of courses focusing on working with paper. He really liked the material and started making paper sculptures. In the United States they don't appreciate these types of sculptures and Dick felt it as a challenge to change that. He made two types of art, the paper sculptures and a special type of light fixture sculptures made of thin, transparent paper. He designed a website where those who are interested can see how he makes those sculptures. He shows how to build different types of skeletons en which techniques to use. Dick loves to share his experience. It gives him a feeling of satisfaction that his website is often visited. In the past years he had visitors from 45 countries! For the light fixture sculptures he uses bulbs of 6 W. Several materials like wire mesh, reed, styrofoam and castings are being used in order to make these skeletons. He always tries to make sculptures that won't show the skeleton. And that's a challenge!
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Coming May and June 2008, three years after his introduction to Paverpol, Dick will have an exposition in The Pen & Brush Gallery, New York and The Harmoney Hall Gallery, Washington DC. Obviously he hopes that these expositions will help make more artists enthusiastic for this type of art, for example art paper sculptures made with Paverpol. Dick has a C.P.I. certificate, and is an instructor as well. He manages workshops in Baltimore and gives demonstrations at creative shops in the USA and Canada. He's very satisfied with his new way of living and hopes through his website and workshops to get more people interested in his art style. Beside being a wonderful paper artist he also loves the art of living! www.dickdagostino.com |
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Because of Paverpol I got rid of my weight problem! |
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"As a kid I use to be over weight. My father used to own a bakery and (often) there were 'yummy' leftovers. I think that the first couple of years were the years that did set my weight. But I was a happy, 'jolly' girl. She continues: "I haven't been 'worry-free' obviously. Just like everyone else I did have my share of ups and downs as well. But by nature I'm an optimistic person. My husband and I love living the life. We're not rich, meaning money but our children are healthy and we have a good marriage. So, in our eyes we're rich. We both love good food en without noticing it we gained too many kilo's in the last 15 years. I've tried several weight loss programs, and lost some weight but gained it again. Sometimes even more! Two years ago I had it with all the weight loss programs and decided that I would never try any weight loss program again. At my weekly get-to-gether with my girlfriends (we paint and clay together), I overheard one of them talking about Paverpol. We all got curious and decided to buy a jar of Paverpol to try it out. We did find a work description in a hobby magazine and made a beautiful statue from an old t-shirt. I was sold! This is a great technique! Through the website I learned more about Paverpol, bought some materials and got hooked to making statues. |
And the beauty of it all: without much effort, I've lost 12 kilo's in one year! Just by not eating all the sweets. I will never be thin but I feel so much better right now and more healthy. There's one problem though, to stay at my current weight I have to continue making Paverpol statues! I find it a luxury problem because I will continue with this great hobby! Bye for now and creative greetings from Coby Spruit.
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"My daughter-in-law owns a ladies clothing store and she wanted penguins in her window space. Since she knows I'm handy, she asked me to make them for her." Ellie van Hengel, born in Brabant and currently living in Rotterdam, is telling her story. "I can't sya 'no', so I started right away. Without having an example or looking at any images of penguins I started to design the skeletons first and then the wings with electrical wire. For the final shape I used aluminum foil and paper towels. I had to use a lot because the penguins are quite big. Then I used pieces of fabric, dipped it into the Paverpol and layed it on top of the foil. When it was dry I made a mix of Paverpol and Art Stone and put that on top. On top of that anothe layer of Paverpol and finally I used glitters for the 'ice' effect. The penguins are attached to a piece of concrete by pur which make it look like their standing in the snow. I think they look even better in real then on the picture. Isn't it nice? A few months ago my daughter had to let her cat put down to rest. She asked me if I could make a statue of a cat for her. |
And ofcourse 'our mom' (as they say in Brabant where I'm from) will do that. Not to pet myself on the back, but somehow it always works out for me. I come up with the designs myself although it will take me days sometimes before I have the right one in mind. I've made the cat out of clay but also according to the Paverpol method: first make a skeleton. Working with Paverpol is giving me a lot of pleasure. Because my hands are constantly busy it's better for my arthritis. When I'm working with Paverpol I don't hear or see anything around me anymore. And that helps me to forget about my illness at least for awhile. I hope I can continue doing this for many years to come since I can put a lot of myself into it. |
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Liz Ciesluk is working for over 30 years in the Canadian movie and entertainment industry. A lot of celebrities are turned into beauties because of her, or turned into scary people since she's also a special make-up artist for Opera and Musical stars. But that's not the end of it because she designs and produces decors, wigs, illustrates fairy tale books, has her own postcard brand and makes beautiful dressed dolls and phantasy sculptures, and much more artsy works, too much to mention here.
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A wonderful Christmas because of Paverpol! Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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A wonderful Christmas because of Paverpol! |
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""The year 2007 is the year I like to forget as soon as possible", says Vera Janssen (39). "This last year I got divorced and had to take care of our two children which are 8 and 10 years old by myself. Beside the fact that you are depressed about the divorce, it's also hard to live off one salary when you're used to a double income... Fortunately I have a rental home and with some financial help I am able to stay in our home. This way the children can stay in their own environment and at their own school. I was doing allright, but was not looking forward to Christmas at all this year. I did not have a lot of money for presents. I did buy a season ticket for both my children. My son plays soccer and my daughter learns 'street dance'. I couldn't spend any more money. But the jar of Paverpol and the book caught my eye and it gave me an idea. |
From an old t-shirt, some bird wire and aluminum foil I made a small statue for my mom and my daughter. I did paint it with acryl paint and was pretty proud of myself when I saw the end result. My presents were succesful and I was happy that I was still able to do something extra for the dearest people around me. Thanks to Paverpol the year ended better then expected!"
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Life szie science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Diana Schuite, 44 years young, started making 3-Dimensional art in 1986 with statues and caracter dolls with Fimo and Chamotte clay. She also designed abstract statues and paintings. |
If you like to see some of her statues and paintings on canvas with relief then you can visit 'Galerie Art in Home' in The Hague, www.artinhome.nl. We like to wish Diana more success and beautiful art!
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Life size science fiction costumes made with Paverpol! |
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Kevin Tangelder and Melchior ten Hoopen are two young guys and best friends. They love to play the table top strategy game "Warhammer 4000" from the Gameworkshop. Their age group will likely know what they are talking about. |
They made the costumes in a shed of Melchior's home. The wooden skeleton was filled with PU-material. After that they dipped fabric into Paverpol and put on top. When fully dried they started painting. |
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School kids are making art with Paverpol! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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"I got familiarized with Paverpol Textile Hardener about 2 years ago. I couldn't wait to create something with it and that's how "Anders" was born. A boy figurine who's placed in front of our school to welcome the children every morning." Annette Larsen, a teacher at 'Skibet' Elementary in Vejle, Denmark, is telling this story. |
We made the skeletons and swords of aluminum wire and shaped and filled them up with aluminum foil. We attached the foil with painters tape and put the first layer on with Paverpol. The kids worked on it for 4 hours. We let the art pieces dry and the next day they painted an decorated them. That took about 2-3 hours. |
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Almost 80 and still going strong! Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Almost 80 and still going strong! |
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"Everyone calls me Auntie Annie, since they all know me here in the village. I've lived here my whole life, and never moved. When I got married, we moved in with my parents because of the housing shortness. And well, that's the way it was. My parents passed away at a relatively young age one right after the other. The house was big enough for my family. And when the kids left home, my husband and I had more than enough space for our hobbies." |
In the beginning I thought it was a bit of a hassle, but that changed quickly since you can see the result almost immediately. My first Paverpol statue looked good already! With a couple of neighbours we started a Wednesday afternoon 'creative get-to gether'. At first we just got together for coffee but it is more fun to talk and do something with your hands at the same time. They wanted to make a Paverpol statue as well so I teached them how to do that. We don't make huge statues, just small ones to give away as a present. Together we've made a number of small statues for the street fair of our church. The money was given to charity. Annie has a lot of other examples and we might get back to you on that another time. |
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Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Reunited because of Paverpol! |
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"We were best friends since we were little. I can't even remember when we met for the first time. We were neighbours and in that time all the kids in the neighbourhood were playing together outside. Back in the 50's there weren't that many cars on the roads yet. We had one neighbour in our street who owned a car. So, there was enough space for the children to play outside. And there were always children to play with. I preferred to play with Jenny." This story is told by Jose (59): "It was a wonderful time. As I remember it, we were always playing outside and the sun was always shining. The part I miss the most is that we didn't had anything to worry about. You don't realize it at that age but to me it was the most 'worry free' time of my life. |
When my children were all grown up and on their own I got time for myself again. My biggest hobbies are painting, working with clay and making dolls. I took several courses and at one of them I learned how to make a garden statue with Paverpol. I also learned that you are able to paint with Paverpol. This way I was able to dress up my elegant dolls by hardening their clothes. WOW, that was a new experience and the best part is that I can combine all three of my hobbies. Currently I give workshops with Paverpol. We converted unused space in our house into a workshop and it's a great way to teach others how to work with Paverpol. I love my students and over the years made some good friends. In the meantime a few years have passed and we are as close as we were when we were little. We just picked up where we left. Jenny and her husband Jaap are a part of our family now and although we're middle-aged, we're laughing and enjoying eachothers company as we did before. Actually...thanks to Paverpol! Sign
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Artists around the world are working with Paverpol! A Paverpol saved our vacation! Paverpol gave my life new meaning! Paverpol statue as computer cabinet! Huge carnaval figures made by Paverpol! Student supports creative workshops for the physically challenged! Cuddly toys on grave of their child remain in original shape because of Paverpol! Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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It started with some electrical wire, aluminum foil and an oldt-shirt. Jossy de Roode discovered Paverpol At first, there were the hobbyists who discovered the possibilities of Paverpol. Today there are hundreds of artists around the world who are exploring working with Paverpol as well... Paverpol can be used for numerous purposes. You can make big size artwork using Paverpol combined with glass fibre and it will remain light in weight. Painters discovered Paverpol as well. One of them is selling his paintings in tropical countries. He uses Paverpol as a base. It becomes somewhat flexible in warm weather and that's why the paint won't crack. Isn't that smart?! Set Decorators are very enthousiastic about Paverpol. In theatres and other places where they are using backdrops and sets that need to be changed often and quickly it's works great because they're light in weight. In one of our previous news articles we mentioned that the decoration-crew of Holiday On Ice is working with set pieces made from Paverpol! |
They've designed big mushrooms from Paverpol, because they're light in weight, were easy to move around across the ice. June Stephenson, an artist from England, did visit China and was fascinated by a beautiful Bonsai and rock garden. Back home she decided to make a garden like that. The only thing that needed to be added were the rocks. Since Paverpol can be used outdoors she made rocks from chicken wire, fabric and Paverpol. Now she's got a wonderful memory of her visit to China. The many applications of Paverpol don't end here. Look at artist Richard D'Agostino from the USA. He makes beautiful light fixtures in all kind of forms and colors. You can find some photos of his designs in our Photo gallery. Our list of Paverpol applications is virtually endless. For more - look out for the next issue of PaverPress. Sign
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Paverpol saved our vacation! |
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"A Vacation! To me that means:: sunshine, being lazy, going out for dinner, not thinking about work, or getting the kids to school, and all the daily things that make life so hectic sometimes". "I work part time at a day care and help with reading at the school of my youngest son. The sport activity locations of our children are far apart. And of course they all do different things. Our oldest son plays soccer, our daughter is doing street dance and our youngest is learning Judo. My husband and I sometimes feel like a Taxi company when we have to bring them to their sports and pick them up again. Our oldest is allowed to go to a dancing on Saturday night but we always pick him up ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I feel privileged with three healthy children and a wonderful husband. The only thing my life is lacking of every now and then is to have some time for myself. Ever since I was young I love to do creative things. I still have the first doll I've ever made and I will keep it for the rest of my life. I make dolls with self hardening clay, dress them up with fabric which I harden with Paverpol. I've got quiet a collection by now since I don't sell them. My husband encouraged me to start my creative hobby again when the kids started school. But, it did not work out the way I hoped it would since I simply don't have the time. That's why I always take some hobby materials with me when going on vacation. My husband and children love to be on the water doing boating, fishing or swimming. And I'm not such a swimmer and like to have that time for myself to do some creative work in our trailer.
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We like Spain a lot and when we go there, we ususally have great weather. But last year we weren't that lucky. While Holland (where we live) had beautiful summer weather we experienced lots of rain and low temperatures. The kids were really getting grumpy after a couple of days. You probably guessed that I did bring my hobby materials and I asked them if they wanted to help me out. I let them make a small figurine. They've made a small fairy, Superman and an unclear but funny looking animal. Our kids made some friends during that vacation and they were getting curious and wanted to know what we were doing. They were bored as well and asked me if they could join us. I got this idea and asked the owner of the campground if I could use the cafetaria with the kids to make some creative arts. He allowed this and there I was entertaining fourteen children! The adults wanted to give it a try as well so the next day it was their turn. Despite the bad weather we had a wonderful time thanks to Paverpol. Luckily we had two weeks of sunshine as well but we will never forget our Paverpol vacation". |
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I thought of myself as what they call a 'Lucky', says Sylvia van Zwieten (41). It looked like everything was going so easy for me: a wonderful youth, a great school time and when graduated, a great job that really fitted me. I became a sales representative in a hobby materials store. As a child I loved to be creative so to work in that store was a blessing. I learned a lot about all the different materials and techniques. Quite often clients came in especially to ask for my advise. It was terrific and in no time I became manager. After getting married I continued working until our first child was born. I became a freelancer for the hobby material store. Unfortunately our first born did not survive. A huge loss that had a enormous impact on our lives. But we managed toi pick up our lives and after 2 years I was pregnant again. Unfortunately I had a miscarriage and I was devastated again. After a while I thought I was pregnant again but it turned out that menopause started. I was only 37! How could that be?! It seemed that my desire to become a mother would never come tue. In the same year my mom past away AND my marriage was ending. I became very depressed and thought I would never recover from all this. It was impossible to work, I just didn't have the energy. My depression lasted for about 3 years. After the advise of my physician I went to a support group and recovery began. I was able to tell my story to someone and I listened to what others had to say. I was not the only one in the world with problems. Because that's what you start thinking when the world around you becomes so small. |
The t-shirt needed to be cut up in strokes which were dipped in Paverpol and put around a wire skeleton. This way it was easy to design a statue. I was so proud! I just couldn't believe I made that! I wanted to continue working with Paverpol for sure. When I came home I went on the Internet to find more information about Paverpol. And of course there was lots. I found information on how to take a course to become an Paverpol Instructor. I signed up right away. In 2 days I learned about all the things you can make with Paverpol. My corse ended with a receiving a certificate. I started working and made one statue after the other. My healing had started without me even knowing. I sold my statues on little street fairs and got in contact with the owner of a hobby material shop who also sells Paverpol. He invited me to give demonstrations in his store every now and then which I really enjoy doing. I was back into the work force and earned a living again! Quite often clients thought I was an employee and asked me about all the other articles in the sore. Because of my experience I was able to help them out. The owner noticed my capabilities and asked me to work part-time in his store. Of course I wanted that and I knew I could handle it again. |
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"When I was fifteen I had my first cigaret", that's how Anneke Meijer (48) start her story. "Ofcourse I had to do it secretly , my parnet s didn't smoke and told me often that it was bad for your health. But, hey, at that age everything your'e not allowed to do are the things you want to do. Especially when your friends are smoking. I found my first cigaret discusting, but it looked so cool! Eventually my parnets found out and despite their wise advise I continued smoking. it started with a couple of cigarettes a day mainly at the school grounds. We had to be careful not to get caught bu one of the teachers since it wasn't allowed to smoke in or around school. At parties and trips we smoked a lot. Almost everybody smoked and I just din't wanted to be an outsider. At a certain moment I realized that I had become a real smoker and I couldn't live without it. Addicted! Back then they didn't pay as much attention to it as nowadays. Ofcourse we knew it was bad but we looked at thoe people that had smoked their whole life and still made it to become 90. It was also allowed in most places like bars, cafe's, restaurants, etc. Even at work people smoked in if you weren't a smoker then unwillingly you smoked anyway. Not knowing back then that it was just as harmful. I got married and my husband and many of our frineds smoked as well. After a birthday party the room was filled with blue smoke and we had to open all the windows to get the smell out of the house. During my first pregnancy I stopped smoking and after my first one was born I haven't touch a cigaret either for some time. My husband tried as well but he couldn't do it. Our marriage ended after 10 years and I had to continue alone with two small children. Becaus of all the stress and problemas I had I started smoking again. |
I felt quilty towards my children.Especially when thye became teenagers. I had to give them the right example, right?! They thought cigarettes smelled. because they were too expensive at that time I smoked 'shag' and more then one package a week. My first attempt to stop failed. I became so nervos and didn't know what to do anymore. until a good friend advised me to look for something that would distract me. She took me to a Paverpol workshop. From an old t-shirt and Paverpol we made a garden statue in just one day! IIt was amazing! I had never made something creative with my hands that I could be proud of. But I showed my statue to all my friends and family. My mother asked to make her one as well. I bought some materials and started working at the dining table. Paverpol is easy to remove from your hands. That's why I prefer to work without gloves. And with my hands covered in Paverpol I wan't able to lit a cigaret. I didn't even missed them when working with Paverpol! I knew that this was my change that quit smoking. I admit, it wasn't always easy. But I did it! I've made a lot of stautes and gave them as gift to family and friends but the biggest gift of all I gave that to myself: clean lungs! I'm already 'smoke free' for 4 years! |
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Ankie and Kees Schouten (The Netherlands), both middle aged, sold their well running flower shop about 4 years ago. They worked for more then 30 years between 50 and 60 hours a week. A huge and satisfied customer base kept them busy to make beautiful centre pieces and to maintain a big assortment of plants and flowers. Besides their work they managed to make some time available to spend with their 3 children. Life was always busy! Keeping their store up to date, going to flower shows, twice a week a visit to the wholesaler and running their shop 5 days a week was a stretch sometimes, but never too much. After the first couple of years they were able to hire some employees. The shop had to keep up with all the new trends so they started to sell gift and decoration products. Also garden decorations were added to the range of products. Keeping up-to-date- was very demanding for both of them. Ankie was reading in one of her magazines and encountered an article about Paverpol. To make garden statues from textile and Paverpol intrigued her. Together with her husband they took a workshop and they were very enthusiastic because the possibilities to combine this with their flowers and plants was enormous. When coming home, they started right away and made beautiful garden statues, but also statues for indoors. It became a huge success but they didn't had time to take any assignments. When they were 55+ and the kids left the house they started thinking about selling their shop. They never had the opportunity to travel much and a decision was made. They moved from the city to a bungalow in a quiet town. |
The first years they travelled a lot until they got grand children which they wanted to enjoy as well. So travelling became less. But... they didn't wanted to babysit only either. They missed having interaction with people their own age and because of their busy lifestyle, they never developed lots of friendships. For the first time in their lives they got bored. They started working with Paverpol again and created beautiful statues often in combination with a centre piece as gift for family or friends. People started asking to make something for them and before they knew it... they were quite busy again. Now, they are selling their statues and decorations on art shows and to...flower shops - coming full circle! When traveling they are always on the look-out for new ideas and materials which they can combine with their statue designs. Being 'in the loop' again provided Ankie and Kees with many new relationships and friends. |
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Our Paverpol-team is used to a lot when it comes to what people design with Paverpol. But the following story really amazed us. Vincent Bul wrote us: "I've used Paverpol lead color since it was exactly what I was looking for. The statue I created is made of chickens gauze covered with paper maché - to get it into the right shape. Then I used a 100% cotton sheet, cut it also in the right shape and made the statue. On some spots I've used light grey acryl paint to make it look more like real stone. The entire statue is covered with Paverpol, the bottom is made of wood and painted with Paverpol. Since wood is also a natural product, this works fantastic. In the foot is where the computer hardware is located. In the statue itself is where the power-adaptor and hard disks are located. It looks way better then I ever could imagine. Paverpol is great stuff to make figurines, statues and every shape you like." Great job Vincent! |
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In mid February Carnaval starts in the Netherlands. Three days of dancing, singing, eating and drinking. In several villages people are building beautiful wagons for the parade with huge statues on top. Quite often they choose a theme. They're working on this project for almost a year, starting with making making drawings and miniature samples. The tasks are divided and they start working in big buildings that can fit the wagons with statues when finished... The shape is made out of clay. When finished they rub it in with vegetable oil. Big pieces of glass fibre are dipped into the Paverpol and put on top of each other onto the oiled clay. When totally covered it has to dry and harden. The time it takes depends on the temprature. The higher the temperature the faster it dries. |
When the glass fibre has hardened it's cut into pieces and lifted from the figure, then put back together with glass fibre again and Paverpol. When has hardened again it's ready to be painted. The huge figures are put onto the wagons and the parade is ready to go. It's really a pleasure for the eye. With pride we think by ourselves: Thanks Paverpol for making this possible. |
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Quite often we get vistors with a handicap. Especially for the physically challenged people in a wheel chair who are able to use their hands, a creative hobby is a great way to find fulfilment and relieve. But there are also people who are blind or who are (partly) deaf. For them it's a bit harder to have a creative hobby. In England we had a woman visiting our booth who is almost fully blind. She asked us if she was allowed to touch the statues. The statues made with paverpol are as hard as rock and ofcourse that was no problem for us. She felt how they were made and with a little bit of direction from us she started working with Paverpol. We thought that was great. Often we have visitors who are deaf. Fortunedly Jan and I know sign language which, for them is a huge benefit that we can communicate with them. But to follow a workshop is not easy for deaf people. During one of our grand stands we met a student who had seen us talking with a group of deaf people and asked us if we wanted to cooperate in a project. To finish her education she had to write a scription about creative support to disableds. |
Especially deaf people had her interest and she was surprised to see that we know sign language. Her plan is to make a DVD where step by step is explained how to make a statue with Paverpol and textile. Visual explanations supported by sign language. Ofcourse we like to be involved. She has to write a script first before we record a workshop on camera. We think it's a great project and we'll keep you posted when the DVD is ready and available. |
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Cuddly toys on child's grave remain in good shape because of... Paverpol. |
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Last year, Suzanne and Kees de Boer of the Netherlands lost their daughter because of a tragic car accident. Little Isabella was only 4 years old. On the exact spot where the accident occurred, family members placed a wooden cross. Family and friends put flowers and cuddly toys around it. Naturally, Isabella's parents were devastated by the loss of their daughter but the support of their family and friends helped them through a very difficult time. Everyday, many people were (and are) putting fresh flowers next to the wooden cross. After a while, the cuddly toys were looking a bit worn out, because of the weather. Kees' sister called us to ask if the cuddly toys could be treated with Paverpol to keep them in good shape. We never had this question before but advised her to let the cuddly toys dry and repair the damaged spots. Then use a brush to put the transparent Paverpol onto the cuddly toys. The first layer should dry before putting a second layer on. |
They followed up on our advise and the result was amazing. Suzanne and Kees decided to treat all of Isabella's cuddly toys with Paverpol and put them next to her grave again. We all know that the pain of losing a child remains, but it gives them some comfort to see Isabella's favorite cuddly toys close to her in their original condition. Because of the transparent Paverpol the cuddly toys will also keep their original color and won't get damaged, regardless of the weather circumstances. |
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Paverpol Plaque reunites vilages after 40 years! A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Paverpol Plaque reunites villages after 40 years! |
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About 40 years ago, the A1 main road was "improved" through Yorkshire – the A1 goes all the way from London to Edinburgh. As a result, the new dual carriageway went through the middle of the village of Fairburn, splitting the community into two halves. For the planners in those days, traffic had priority over people. However, the growth in traffic outgrew the "improved" road and a few years ago a further widening of the A1 was agreed. As part of this, the "new" A1 was to be redirected around Fairburn. This new road was opening in the Spring on 2006 and as a result, the two halves of Fairburn were reunited after some 40 years. I used to live in Ledsham, the next village to Fairburn and still have many family and friends in that area. Through those contacts, I was commissioned to make a plaque to commemorate the reuniting of the village. I made it out of Paverpol. The plaque is about a metre square. The design consists of two joined hands across the middle of the plaque, representing the rejoining of the village – these hands are in fact based on a cast I took of the hands of my daughter and her friend! Each quarter of plaque has a theme: In
the top left, Roman soldiers, representing the origins of the road (as
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The plaque was put on to an aluminium backing, to strengthen it, then coated with silk soaked in Paverpol . It was then bronzed (using gold acrylic paint) and coated completely in resin, to further strengthen it. Finally it was put into a wooden frame with a Perspex cover, to protected it from potential damage from vandals. A long process! It stands in a small memorial garden. There was a ceremony to unveil the plaque in March 2006. This involved many people from the area and the children from the village school, as well as the local brass band. I was asked to unveil the plaque – which I did with great pride. Whilst I hugely enjoyed making the plaque, it did take very many hours of work, and I am not looking for any similar commissions – I will stick to more tradition Paverpol figures!
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A colorful snake for hospitalized children! Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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A colorful snake for hospitalized children! |
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A huge snake! One of the things that makes our work so rewarding is meeting people with a passion. Talking to someone who has wonderful ideas is really very inspiring. One of those people is Gerda, a Dutch nurse who works with children in a Dutch children -hospital. Her work is very labor intensive. That's why she was looking for some kind of hobby to wind down. She took one of our workshops and she turned out to be a very talented student. Right now she's producing beautiful Paverpol statues, and has had an exposition in the entrance hall of the hospital where she works. And with success! Practically all her statues were sold. With the money she earned she bought the material she needed to spice up the boring hospital rooms of her small patients. Now... Gerda had this great idea and asked us for help how to utilize it. She wanted to make a huge colorful snake that had to go from room to room. Because her department has 6 rooms it had to be a very, very long snake but also light in weight because it had to be attached to the ceiling. We advised her to buy a role of chicken wire and gather old cotton sheets. |
That last part wasn't a problem since her co-worker had a bunch of those because nobody in the hospital was using them anymore. The chicken wire needed to be cut in pieces of one and a half meter and then she had to roll them into the shape of a cilinder. The sheets were torn into long pieces. Gerda started to color the Paverpol with Pavercolor. She mixed 4 buckets, each one in a bright happy color: red, yellow, blue and green. Then she dipped the cotton into the Paverpol and wrapped it around the cilinders. It was a huge, but fun-job! After the cilinders were dry, Gerda and her friends brought them to the hospital where she attached them part by part, hanging to the ceiling from room to room. Gerda: It was an incredible job but seeing the happy faces of those little patients made it more than worth it! |
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Historic Museum restores Dino's withPaverpol 'Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Historic museum restores Dinosaurs with... Paverpol! |
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Dino's coming back to life! Historic Museum “De Groene Poort” in the Netherlands, owned by René en Thea Fraaije, attracts more then 3000 school kids and 25000 visitors anually. A visit to this museum is very worthwhile because of its broad collection. For example: skeletons of dinosaurs, dinosaurs eggs and complete sharks! You can also find a Nature and Environmental Educational Center, where entire school classes can learn more about water, energy, nature and the evolution of our planet. As a 9 year old boy, René began to collect fossiles. He was studying Geology and became a doctor in Paleontology. (The knowledge of fossiles, plants and animals.) His specialty is the evolution of crabs and lobsters. Together with paleontologists from all over the world, he is still doing extensive research on this topic. To earn a living he organized study trips and transformed an old pig stall into a museum. Now, together with Thea, they run their Historic Museum “De Groene Poort” since 1999. Thea attended some Paverpol workshops and soon created some beautiful statues. While experimenting, she also found out that Paverpol is a great product to repair Dinosaurs. She treated the wooden skeletons of the Dino's with Paverpol Bronze and Paverpol Lead color. These Dino's are in the museum's garden for more than 2 years! |
Currently, Thea is working to restore a Dinosuar with a very long neck. It has been in the water for a couple of years and it shows some deterioration. Thea repairs the Dino with Paverpol and Paverplast. With these two products she makes a sturdy water resistant paste, fills the holes, and even remodelled the dino's eyes. Pretty soon this Dinosaur will be an exhibit in the Museum. Through the Museum's workshop program, Thea will start organizing workshops with Paverpol. She invites all readers to join or at least have a look. Bikers and hikers are also welcome to drop in and enjoy a cup of coffee on the patio of this amazing Museum. For more information: Historic Museum “De Groene Poort”,
Bosscheweg 80, 5283 WB Boxtel. |
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'Paverpol, the highest American Safety label! Holiday
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Yes! Paverpol got the highest American Safety label! |
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Paverpol, an environmental friendly product! Though we already knew that Paverpol is an environmental friendly product ourselves, this confirmation is the crown on our work. Europe doesn't really know a specific type of safety label but Paverpol is also approved in Scandinavian countries, who are carrying high standards regarding safety policies. The USA is very strict regarding the import of foreign products. Especially when the product is suitable for use in the educational sector. Two North American laboratories have been working for almost a year doing tests and research on Paverpol. They asked us a lot of questions! But Paverpol successfully passed all
the tests! It's the only textile hardener which is allowed to be used by
adults and children in the USA. And we're proud of it! |
Now we can start exporting to this vast country and our distributor in Baltimore shares our happiness. We toasted with a glass of Champagne via webcam!
The American AP Safety label is worldwide known as the best. It will be taken over by other countries without testing procedures. Soon you will find the label on all our products. Paverpol, tested and approved! |
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'Holiday On Ice' ordered props made from... Paverpol! |
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International show features Paverpol pedestals. Some time ago, we were contacted by the show-decoraters of 'Holiday On Ice'! They needed giant pedestals for one of their spectacular shows. The pedestals should be strong but not heavy. They had looked into the possibilities of Paverpol and found it a great product to work with. We confirmed all Paverpol's features and advised to use glass-fibre sheets, to guarantee super-strong modelling. First the mould was produced. Then, the glass-fibre sheets were drenched in Paverpol and applied to the mould. After about a week drying and hardening at room temperature, the glass-fibre sheets were cut in big pieces, drenched in Paverpol again, and glued to each other. Paverpol has, besides its extreme hardening features, also a great bonding. |
After the glass-fibre sheet had hardened completely (after again a week), the prop was ready for painting with oil- or acrylic paint.
The final props, looking like the desired big pedestals, came out at the proper weight and could be moved easily across the ice. Wow! We were so proud to contribute to such a wonderful and
international renowned show! |
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