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| Susanne Kamps Studio |
Those that know me, know that I adore colour.
So what a wonderful day yesterday was!
At Susanne Kamps' opening at Bürgermeister Conzen’s office in the Town Hall I met, amongst others, Professor Herman-Josef Kuhna. Susanne’s mentor and colourful creator of the great wall painting at the ‘Spanish Steps’ linking Burgplatz to the Rhine Promenade in the city.
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| Hermann-Josef Kuhna at work on the Spanish Steps 1997 Photograph ©Bernd Jansen |
The talk he gave opening Susanne’s colorful and beautiful show in the private offices of the Bürgermeister Conzen spoke to me in every sense of the word.
Herr Kuhne spoke of how today it seemed the that artists feel obliged to share their pain and sadness with us all. How creating something of beauty with a feel-good factor was almost tabu.
Susanne had the courage to break against this trend and show us something that would make us feel good, something that celebrates the wonderful things in life through her own very own perspective.
I went over and told him how wonderful I felt his speech was and asked if he would come and speak in English to you all. He was more than happy to do so, invited me to his studio and loved the whole RhineBuzz idea, immediately telling Bürgermiester Conzen about it and enthusiastically introducing me.
So in November we will visit Susanne’s studio and Professor Kuhna will come and speak.
Date to be fixed, then I’ll let you all know!
Khayli mamnoon, Ευχαριστώ, Grazie ...
In the evening RhineBuzz hosted the first tour in English of the Glass Museum in museum knust palast. I was delighted to see so many new faces from Iran, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Mexico and so on. What a fantastic group!
Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, head of the museum and one of the world’s glass specialists, gave the tour. An hour was planned but after 90 minutes all were surprised that so much time had gone by - he could have told us so much more and all were keen to hear more.
The history and beauty of the museum is so rich, most were simply astounded at how much there was to learn.
The history and beauty of the museum is so rich, most were simply astounded at how much there was to learn.
Many, many thanks to mkp and especially Dedo von Krosigk for the marvelous tour which gave us such a lot. We learnt about the recipe for glass; the historical position of glass; the manufacturing methods; the crafsmanship. Just Amazing.
