15 January 2008

Roquebrune village - 17

Meet Julien Mehmed (Julien des bois) in his workshop which is situated just below the Xth century Château in the village. Julien works in olive wood and I found the following words on a very small website dedicated to him.

Olivier arbre mythique, symbole de paix et de longévité existait déjà à l'époque de la préhistoire. Cultivé encore aujourd'hui tout autour du bassin méditerranéen son bois dur, avec son veinage riche donne des sculptures pleine de vie.

....and my probably not quite correct translation...

The mythical olive tree, symbol of peace and longlife already existed at the time of pre-history. Still cultivated today in the Mediterranean basin for its hard wood with rich veining which makes sculptures come to life.

And if you missed the beautiful 1,000 (plus) year old olive tree in the village please click on the link.

12 comments:

  1. WOW! What beautiful work. Very impressive.

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  2. I have a bird sculpture made of wood and from your photos it looks like it could have been olive wood! Very cool!
    (can you believe Julien has been crafting for 49 years???)

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  3. What I wouldn't give for a bowl like that! So very generous of him to let you photograph his studio. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. How lovely to meet him! What a wonderful studio he has and such great work! That's quite the olive tree as well. My goodness, what a lovely photo!

    Pat

    Guelph Daily Photo, Pat's Photo-a-Day

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  5. His works looked beautiful and the olive tree is really amazing.

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  6. la ballade continue et elle est très belle. j'aime beaucoup le sculpteur sur bois et évidement j'aime beaucoup l'Olivier ;o)

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  7. I like this man's work and working conditions. I love to watch people carve wood even more than stone. I used to carve a lot of wood sculptures and after making a the best I ever made, over 25 years ago, I hung up my tools. I do that with everything. So far not in photography or marriage. Nice post Jilly.

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  8. What a great photograph. The studio is very pretty with its rough walls and wood floor and Julien has very creative olive wood images. I really like this photo of an artist at work in his studio.

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  9. Beautiful work and wonderful he is still in his craft. It is very admirable.

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  10. I have never seen olive wood carvings before. The markings of the wood in that bowl are really lovely.

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