Jules Bisschoff
Sir Jules Bisschoff is the owner of one of the workshops we uncovered, being active during the begin of the Covid-19 crisis in the Netherlands over 100 years ago. The workshop was found abandoned hidden in the basement of a car factory in the old business district.
There was a rudimentary ventilation system in place that filtered the air and bio suits that show the safety precautions gone to during the peak of the crisis.
His intention is still unknown but there is a wide range of interesting artifacts found in his workshop.
workshop discovered by Milo Zelstra. 10/06/2120
Artefact #3327
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Metalwork
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Butchers Knife​
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Milo Zelstra
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27/04/2020
263x122x28mm
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Made from a 6mm thick aluminium full tang blade, with a hand-carved hardwood handle
Metalwork by cutting the blade using a jigsaw, files and belt sander. Woodwork by using a bandsaw, belt sander and sandpaper. Glued using epoxy
"This heavy duty cleaver is fantastic for hacking at anything in its way. It substitutes force for sharpness and uses its weight to separate anything opposing it. Some markings indicate damage caused by battle."
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"This person has an impressive collection of weaponry. while not the biggest I have yet seen they are heavily used in not their intended manner. This example #6 is a handcrafted butchers knife made out of aluminium so that it would not set off the metal detectors we have at certain checkpoints throughout the city. its blade is 8mm thick to prevent warping and to add more weight behind it. there is still remanence of DNA blood left on the blade but the blade does not look like it was used for tissue. maybe it had a life in a local chop shop for dismantling stolen robots. the handle of the blade is still in great condition with a smooth sanded wooden handle with barely a mark on it. either it was recently replaced or this was considered his main tool of voice and kept it in good condition which doesn't explain the blade damage. (I think we are working with a very sick person)"
Artefact #3018
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Project box​
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Milo Zelstra
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30/03/2020
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237x237x66mm
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reclaimed hardwood shelving and 3mm ply
cut on table saw and hand cut elements. sanded smooth with a polyurethane finish.
"This box must of been some sort of trinket box holding objects of high value.
notes were found in his journal describing the process he used to make this. He stated that he used natural hardwood and reclaimed it off a second hand shelving unit. During this time timber prices were not that high and the fact that he didn't just buy new timber suggested either he was quite broke at the time and couldn't afford the price of new timber. It could also mean that he was environmentally friendly like so many of the youth of the time."
Artefact #3251
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Sculpture
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Baba Yaka's house​
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Milo Zelstra
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27/04/2020
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221x118x120mm
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monsterclay with wood and metal understurcture.
Sculpting
“Analytics had a great time with this piece. The legend of Baba Yaga is one of the few legends that is surprisingly still talked about to this modern day. However a lesser known element of this legend is the Domus mactabilis, the Baba Yaga house. CHICKEN FEET! It is absolutely terrifying!”
Artefact #3759
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Delivery for Parliament
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Milo Zelstra
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05/05/2020
286x92x92mm
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glass bottle on wine wrapped in a a clear plastic. There is a old address written on paper that is taped on the front . it has 10 stamps on it ranging from several different European country's.
heat manipulation of plastic and weathering of the label.
"This bottle was found near the workbench of Sir Jules Bisschoff. At first glance, it looked like it could possibly be filled with poison with the mass amounts of stamps present on the bottle it shows how desperate he was for this to arrive at the desired location. (parliament house)
After further testing of the contents of the bottle in our labs it found no traces of poison.
Notes in the journal suggest that this bottle of wine was meant for one of his friends George Davis who worked as the administration at the house of parliament at the time.
Its intent is yet unknown as the bottle is empty yet sealed, and the wine that was in the bottle held no value at the time.
Further x-ray test will be conducted on this bottle to find the intention of this piece. "
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"This bottle is a very interesting item found in the workshop of this practitioner. The aesthetic is aged making it a mysterious artefact. Most interesting part of the item is the mailing stamps. The old phenomenon was part of a time where things had to be manually delivered. The stamps alone are a way of determining the time and place of origin for the object."
Artefact #2343
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Drafting
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Chair model​
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Milo Zelstra
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18/05/2020
A4 papers laying around.
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Instead of being made in 3D virtual space, this was made, by hand, on a desktop computer using a computer modelling tool called 'Rhino 6'. it was later printed and copy's were found across the workshop in various scales.
Using Rhino
"Whether you are constructing a designer chair or breaking into a high security space prison, a well drafted plan is a thing of beauty... Despite the limitations of the 2D format the neccessary information is presented elegantly and succinctly, it is amazing what designers could achieve with the primitive computer equipment of the time."
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