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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (41)
carlx
Excellent and very interesting capture!!!
flora-crassella
ein sehr interessantes Foto!!!!
Richardphotos
excellent subject and capture. I have not seen rough sewn lumber since I worked on a house built in '1918"
MagikUnicorn
That will be a Giant Totem ;-) Thanks for share
tpx1
great capture
jocko500
wow this is wonderful .
lyron
Very interesting pictrue. Great shot!!!
Digitaleagle
Amazing and interesting capture thanks for sharing!!!
Dreamingbee
very interesting photo !
flaviok
Excelente e interessante foto meu amigo, aplausos (5)
West_coaster07
Excellent capture!!!
NefariousDrO
Cool shot! I've been to Ketchikan, and even visited a shop that made totem poles, too. This brings back some wonderful memories. You did a good job of capturing that fascinating texture of the wood.
Faemike55
Beautiful shot and great POV! Hope that you will go back to see this when it is completed
rawdodb
Nice to see People not letting there heritage vanish.. Beautiful shot!!!
orig_buggy
wow...several thousand really?
bmac62
I always like to see the shop of a real woodworker...this man has just such a shop. Alaskan pine pole?
casmindo
nice capture of a great art!
flavia49
excellent picture!!
annie5
Thanks for sharing this capture!Awesome :)
sandra46
fantastic shot, this type of art is very expensive, and only very wealthy people, such as Bill Gates can afford it. Actually he has a great collection of NW art at Redmond.
NoelCan
Great shot, thanks for sharing..
dragonmuse
Cool image :)
frankie96
That's going to be a big one...
auntietk
Wonderful image! It's so interesting to see how people work, especially on such large pieces.
durleybeachbum
Fascinating! I shan't be importing one of those, then! Outside my price range!
bugatti
you asked him to hide the Black and Decker and the power saw, didn't you? ...
ragouc
Very good POV and shot.
CavalierLady
And from looking at the tools, these are still done BY HAND, how impressive is that! Wonderful shot, thanks for sharing!
densa
wonderful shot
dbrv6
Interesting workshop challenge.