Do it yourself Etruscan Tomb

2008/07/17 11:08

Press Release from:

Wolfgang Sandt, Artist, Sculptor, Stonemason

For an artist like Wolfgang Sandt with strong links to Umbria and Tuscany, the core land of the old Etruscans it is almost inevitable to occupy himself with the culture of that mystical people. If the artist is a stone mason as well it is only a question of time until he thinks about building an etruscan tomb of his own.
The idea hit Wolfgang Sandt the first time when his neighbour, preparing a vinyard dug out big amounts of stone of the ground heaping them up next to an old olive orchard where Sandt had started an art project to revive the olive grove.
Part of the project is the

Entrance to an etruscan tomb?

reconstruction of old dry walls of natural sandstone. Sandt taking the opportunity started to build part of the wall in the form of an etruscan tumulus tomb providing it with an entrance, admittedly rather a big niche, as the rock did not permit to delve deeper. Once Wolfgang Sandt got started and still having enough stones left he decided to create another stone chamber adapting the form of the old etruscan tombs.
Sandt does not intend to bury anybody there but prefers to see it as a spritual place where one can experience getting back to the whomb of the earth meditating or maybe simply escaping the italian summer heat.
Detailled informations about the home made etruscan tomb are available contacting the artist.