Planing (lutherie)
To create a soundboard, two boards are needed. They come from the same board which has been split into two parts. The…
La Fonderie
Honing the planer (lutherie)
The blade is sharpened on two stones, one with a large, and the other with a smaller grain. The stone is moistened…
Sharpening the wood planer (lutherie)
The planer blade is sharpened on a grindstone with a water stone. In order to work with wood, the desirable angle for…
Blower of the forge
Iron Working requires to heat up a piece of metal to a high temperature so it becomes easier to shape it by…
Fire of the forge
Iron Working requires to heat up a piece of metal to a high temperature so it becomes easier to shape it by…
Shovel and bucket (forge)
A forge typically uses bituminous coal, industrial coke or charcoal. Once specific coal for forging was the norm. But it had the…
Water poured on the fire (forge)
Sprinkling water is poured on the hearth helps to concentrate the flame and prevents it from spreading too much. Sound : water…
Blacksmith’s anvil
The metal piece is now red and can be hammered, but no more than two minutes, otherwise it cools. The blacksmith usually…
Carding brush (ironwork)
To clean the lime, a carding brush is used. A blacksmith, Felix Dawlat has come to this job trough agriculture and the…
Lime on a gouge
Once the metal has been forged, it is grounded and then filed down by hand to finish it. The lime is made…
Pre-cooking of french fries and ventilation
The fries are shaped from Bintje potatoes. They first go through a pre-cooking in oil between 135° and 140° which lasts between…
Sauce
Belgian "fritkots" have a large selection of sauces including mayonnaise, ketchup, samourai, andalusian and american. The chip shop J. Vandervaeren is located…
“Fritkot”
Soundscape of a "fritkot". The chip shop J. Vandervaeren is located close to the Atomium, in Brussels. The fritkot offers dishes served…
Cooker hood
The "fritkot" (chip shop) J. Vandervaeren is located close to the Atomium, in Brussels. Cooking fries - but also other products offered…
Portion of chips in a drainer
French fries are a Belgian national treasure and legend says that they were invented in this country. The chip shop J. Vandervaeren…
Card catalog
Created in 1958 in Brussels, the Archives and Museum of Literature is a centre for documentation and research of the published heritage…