The Cube (the multi-face training piece)

The Gargoyle Collection

The choir

"Maya, Oster, Ei" (Die drei von der Tankstelle?) / "Maya, Easter, Egg" : Guess, who is who?
Maya has moved to Bottrop (==> Marlene & Karlheinz F.).

Ei, Oster, Kandidat und Hausindianer
/ Egg, Easter, Candidate and House Indian

"Jefferson"

"Der Kandidat" (In einem Bundestagswahljahr (1998) muss der Kandidat einen männlichen Eindruck machen, darf/soll aber ansonsten von allen Seiten gleichermassen profillos erscheinen - wie dieser)
"The candidate" (why? general male appearance, but not much of a discernible profile from wherever you look - in a year (1998) of federal elections)

"Die Gefangenen von der Querenburg" / "Prisoners of Querenburg (Castle)"

The E.T. Ytong products list:
Nase (& Auge) (ägyptisch) (Ytong) / (egyptian) Nose (and Eye)
Schüchtern / Shy (Ytong leftovers) (==> Alva T.)
Maus am Stiel (sagt Alva) [Grabfigur] (Ytong) / Mouse on a stick (Alva's saying) (Tomb figure)

Maya, Oster, Ei / Maya, Easter, Egg (Ytong)
(Easter ==> Katrin K., Maya ==> Marlene & Karlheinz F.))
Jefferson (Ytong)
Der Kandidat (Ytong) / The Candidate
5 Gargoyles (first generation) (Ytong)

ET (Ytong) (named by --> Eric Henry P., the new owner)

Kopfeulenkopf (Ytong) / Head owl head
(--> Peter B. / Jaan K. L.) Photo credit J. K. Lepson

Wanderwelt / World walking

5 more gargoyles
(Lenin, Focused-eye (==> G.W.F. D. at Windsor ON), Dirac-, Dirac+ (both at London ON, one with ==> S.P.G., the other with ==> R.A.H./D.R.), Edmonton Tiger (at Edmonton AB - where else - with ==> E.H.P.))

Blockdackel / Cubic Doggy (mit Wandelwelt / with World Walking)

AfrYtong figure (a.k.a. "Little Buddha"; ==> H.T.)
(Photo by H. Träbert 2003)

Ananaskaktus / Pineapple cactus (==> Peter & Jaan, meanwhile painted green with brownish/purplish buds)

Großfigur / Large figure
(Work demonstration at the occasion of the MZ Open festival in July 2004)

Zwei grosse Köpfe / Two large heads

Dritter Grosskopf / Third large head

Trapezoidal gargoyle

DreiEckAuge / Triangle Eye

Sägekopf / Sawed Head
(after watching the Livermore EBIT group trailer garden at 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA, USA, for a while, now standing between two chairs in B481 at the same site)

Würfelbein / Leggy Cube

Ytong Man II

Bohnenkopf / Nefertiti
(needed some restaurative cosmetic surgery after experiencing mischief)
(after watching the Livermore EBIT group trailer cactus garden at 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA, USA, and a while in B481 at the same site, Nefertiti has moved to the ==> David F. Collection)

Kokoskopf ("Waigel") / Cocos Head

Gargoyle 10/2005

Oster IV / Easter IV

Hochkopf / Tall head
after years at the LLNL B1925 cactus garden and then in B481 it has moved to the ==> David F. Collection

Gargoyles 12/2005: Merkel, Pinocchio

(Pinocchio has moved to ==> PB & JKL at 1118 Vienna St, Livermore, CA, USA)

Kurzkopf / Short craggy head

(after watching the Livermore EBIT group trailer cactus garden at 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA, USA, for a while, now in B481 at the same site)

Fisch / Fish
(==> S. B. U., Livermore, CA, USA; lost in oblivion by now)

Vasenkopf Waigel II / Cocos Head II

2010_18 Gargoyle (Ytong)

Brad P. (==> Daniel and Alexandra T. (Fürth))

2013_4 14 Gargoyles for an exhibition (Ytong)

2013_5 Köpfe zwischen Büchern (Ytong) / Heads in between books (ytong)

2013_6 Ein Traum von Wissen (Ytong) / Dreaming of knowledge (ytong) (==> Susanne H. (BO))

2013_8 Ruhrkatze (für die Extraschicht 2013, im Bot. Garten der RUB) (Ytong) / Ruhr cat (for the Extraschicht event 2013, placed in the RUB botanical garden) (ytong)
(==> Annette H. (BO))

2013_9 Ruhrhai (für die Extraschicht 2013, im Bot. Garten der RUB) (Ytong) / Ruhr shark (for the Extraschicht event 2013, placed in the RUB botanical garden) (ytong)
(==> Annette H. (BO))

2013_11 Drei Gargoyles für die RUB UB Info (Ytong) / Three gargoyles for the library information area (ytong)

2013_13 Gargoyle mit Brille (Ytong) / Bespectacled gargoyle (ytong)

2013_14 Gargoyle 19 (Ytong) / Gargoyle #19 (ytong)

2013_15 Janus japonicus (Ytong)
(recycling the base part of a giant figure sculpted at the MZ Open event in 2004)

Ende 2014 wandern die meisten der Ytong-Grotesken als Dauerausstellung in die Verbundbibliothek im Gebäde GA der RUB.
Late in 2014, most of the ytong gargoyles move to the joint library in the GA building of the university, for a long-term display.

Of course, art and artwork may be useful. See the photo from Edmonton in which a figure of mine (ET) presents the flowers of Alberta to the world:
(photo credit: E.H. Pinnington, Edmonton AB)

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Last updated: 28 Jul 2016