Friday, June 28, 2013

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Chair-O-Planes

Kettenkarussell

Kettenkarussell
The Chair-O-Planes premiered in Germany in 1972, designed by Zierer and built by Franz Schwarzkopf, brother of Anton Schwarzkopf. In 1974 the first portable unit debuted under the same partnership. Since then Zierer has built about 200 units. Other manufacturers have followed creating their own versions of the Chair-O-Planes including Zamperla, Chance Rides, Grover Watkins, Bertazzon, Barberi, Vekoma and Sanoyas Hishino Meisho.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Wooden Faces

All pictures taken at Kulturinsel Einsiedel, Neißeaue, Germany

Wooden Faces

Wooden Faces
Wooden Faces 

Wooden Faces
Wooden Faces

Wooden Faces
Wooden Faces

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Water Water Everywhere

Water
Water
Water

Fountains were originally purely functional, connected to springs or aqueducts and used to provide drinking water and water for bathing and washing to the residents of cities, towns and villages. Until the late 19th century most fountains operated by gravity, and needed a source of water higher than the fountain, such as a reservoir or aqueduct, to make the water flow or jet into the air.