Welcome to your max highlights a look back at this weeks best stories so sit back and enjoy the show heres what weve got coming up for you. Pyro paintings dino told me the art of drawing with gunpowder. City lights london gets into the christmas spirit. And heavenly hopes how ban has spelled salvation for a belgian church. We begin with dino told mix ups which is literally explosive the croatian born artist runs a tattoo shop in no way and is already known for his expressive pencil drawings but now. Hes added a spark to his art instead of using a pen he paints with gunpowder with his fiery wood hes lit up instagram and has almost half a million followers so mike has created some stunning portraits but he also uses the medium to raise awareness for environmental and health causes however he says his biggest goal is to bring people together through his paintings sounds a little bit like a campfire. Better lungs burning on cameras than real ones burning from tobacco smoke fans are viewed this video around seven million times on instagram. And this burning lion spread through the internet like wildfire. Both other creations of dino tomic an artist living in norway. He makes art with gunpowder. He carefully arranges the blank grains of gunpowder and then sets fire to them. And the image burned itself into the paper or canvas. Compared to normal paint its you use gunpowder grains that are like tiny grains that you just like poor out of the bottle and theyre like theyre all all all over the place and then youd like to use the small like i use a scissor and just put it all in place and if you cant breathe you cant move the ground too much the climate needs to be good so you can be more storing or anything so its so many factors that go into it to make it work so thats what that really makes it different. Twenty seventeen deno tomic was experimenting with salt and sugar and got the idea to try gunpowder one image can take anywhere from three hundred grams to one whole kilo and Copious Amounts of concentration. For the grains to burn off correctly they cant be too close together nor too far apart. Every single grain catches fire and it burns and it burns itself into the surface the thing is that every grain produces so so much heat or fire that fire is not so wide so from grain to grain one grain needs to ignite the other grain so if the distance of one grain is too large from the other the fire will just stop twenty nine year old dino tommy lives and works in north of town ninety kilometers west of no way is capital oslo. He has his own tattoo studio is largest artwork so far measuring two point four by three point six metres hangs in the School Cafeteria next door it cost him a week of work and about five kilos of gunpowder. And it may very well be the largest mandell ever made using gunpowder. It burned for a good ten minutes an almost meditative experience. Normally when you do a large painting of any sort you have it on the wall so when you do when you work closely you can like work a bit and then step back and look how it looks or from the distance and like correct every mistake or thing when youre working on the floor because this needs to be done on the floor you dont have that option so you cant really look at it so you can imagine how it is going to look like in your head while experimenting deno tomic discovered the artistic potential of another grainy material sand in particular glow in the dark sand its part of this portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the terminator the top most layer forms the portrait when the lights go out an entirely different subject from a different film appears this way do you know tommy can actually combine two unrelated images on one surface this image represents british actor Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter but its not as easy to work with sand as it looks make it on the white canvas you will not see anything until the lights go off but the problem with that is i dont see it either so its really really hard to see what im actually doing so i need to work a bit turn off the light see what i did fix it if i need turn on the light again. Tomic uploads a new video to the internet every day now hes got about half a million followers on instagram for his experiments its a give and take relationship with his fans. People will expect more and Better Things from you and that in exchange makes you a better arts i would say so it pushes me to create to be innovative all time and i see people expecting stuff from me and i want to live up and live above expectations given his explosive talent its unlikely dino tomic will disappoint. Well if youre not in the festive spirit yet you will be after seeing this next report were off to london where things are getting very christmassy even if its still a month away a lot of cities in europe are beginning to look festive and one of the most beautiful places to be during this time of the year is london the Christmas Lights in the center of town a sparkling already and hyde park has been transformed into a Winter Wonderland so lets take a trip through londons wonderfully decorated streets. Its the run up to christmas in londons main shopping district Oxford StreetRegent Street and carnaby street a particularly well decorated this year. As other windows of the famous Luxury Department stores sell fridges. And harrods. People love bringing people drink you know eating together decorating the suite that people get out of every day. And were never allowed to relax a little i think. Jeffrey museum of the home is putting on a show called christmas past it covers english christmas traditions from the past four hundred years. In the seventeenth century suites were made to look like eggs bacon all stored. Up until the Nineteenth Century christmas was celebrated over twelve days at least by those who could afford it the twelfth day of christmas six of january was the highlight then people ate a very special case this cake would have been eaten on the twelfth night. When the cake would have been a big underpaid and say whichever kind of male member of the family would have become the being king i mean this could have been a small child and it was space to be a joke that then that child will be the head of the household i would have kind of seen over the christmas festivities and i also had the. Pay to feed the queen and it was so kind of twisting the hierarchy of the house. The Christmas Card was invented in the mid Nineteenth Century in england a german christmas tradition made it across the channel around this time through the Christmas Trees another german tradition made it to england much later the Christmas Market the Winter Wonderland in hyde park is the biggest Christmas Market in britain its also got far more attractions than your average german market. There are some one hundred fifty stands selling handicrafts from the region. And over one hundred rides to choose from enough to make you feel dizzy. Last year some two point five million visitors came to Winter Wonderland its become a must for locals and tourists alike. When someone does just to get funky for christmas you know its a good way to go and have fun they can celebrate christmas things. That market the law i dont have the thing with order goods yeah i mean its like i want to see the ice cube. With two hundred fifty sculptures the magical ice kingdom is one of the highlights. But wrap up warm because its minus ten degrees celsius in this icy realm five hundred tons of ice were used to make a kingdom. This giant octopus is five meters high and weighs a whopping sixty tons those who really like it cold can enjoy a cool cocktail here at the ice. And psych themselves up for an exhilarating ride on the giant observation wheel which is an incredible sixty meters high. But many churches in europe are losing money and members hauser. In belgium was nearly full stick close its doors so what should they do if the church is as pull as a church mouse well priests gentle me shall be had an end to uprising i did sell beer he launched a new craft beer to get funds for his congregation so lets find out more about brussels wholly bit of project. Catherines church in the heart of brussels was close numerous times it almost got demolished due to its dilapidated state and dwindling congregation. Until young priest Jeremy Schaap had an idea to create a modern craft beer for the church its congregation and the local community. Its made by a local brewery. When i knocked on the door of the brussels bear project they were a little surprised first i was a bit timid this was all new to me but i told myself to go through with it and be courageous with. The result of a fruity pale ale called suntech cat named after some Catherines Church its produced by a young brussels brewery start up the International Team has already made seventeen thousand liters of the church beer at the request of the priest they came up with the recipe together. They think just to understand what we can do what we can explore and then we. Reach the conclusion that we should keep some. And then had some new were. Angry and people are so used to. The next batch of beer is growing in this tank the beverage only hit shelves in early october but is almost sold out already only about six hundred bottles remain church and craft beer are clearly a winning combination. Of it with a genius i thought it was brilliant this unusual coming together of two different worlds turned out great. I think its wonderful to make a modern beer with the church on its label who. Shows that vehicle. Invented cell phone that the church can be a part of that a great combination. The brewery sells the bear to malta and even japan but most of it goes to local bars and restaurants in brussels st catherine district priest Jeremy Schaap collected from the brewery and then delivers it personally. Richard pruitt hugely popular luckily the breweries own bastille has risen. Brussels as many Young International residents but few a chance go as. They make of the bread. And i really like it better as a bit of sweetness and has a really great color but im not religious but i dont mind that the church is involved in this. Country i think its kind of cold. Thats the see this is going so this is a nicholas who is a great an innovative idea a church thats open to new things. I think. Its good its more like a center where like this yes very fresh well maybe more for summer and winter but its fine. All profits generated from the beer go directly to the church and towards making crucial repairs to the building. The money comes second his main goal is to raise the churchs profile in the district. And to. Continue this project even if we didnt single europhile making the beer because it creates a great dynamic. And drinking beer is a sociable thing to do with friends. Its a great project we dont make a big drama it will certainly help making repairs to the church building. And a for profit wont be enough for a complete renovation i mean were not selling champagne over here. For sunday mass St Catharines pews. Jeremy schaap also plans to use the profit from the band to install heating in the church for cold winter days. Communion is still celebrate it with wine about the b. M. Can be bought on to its outside to charge. And many in the congregation take a few bottles home. To the church craft beer project is a success she has to that. Now this week is the european week for waste reduction and for good reason here in germany for example every Single Person produces more than six hundred kilos of waste every year even if more than half of that can be recycled its still too much but some bloggers prove just how easy it is to reduce reuse recycle and your max paid a visit to a restaurant in brighton which has become the first in england to completely eliminate waste lets see how they managed it. This is the silo restaurant in the southern British Coastal resort of brighton it features naturally produced local cuisine but wait those more silo is the u. K. s first zero waste restaurant we turn and head chef Doug Mcmaster worked for years in gourmet restaurants and saw firsthand how much food is being wasted waste is a product of grading everything and you know putting stars on everyone the elite you know and that makes people obsessed with perfection perfection does not exist and waste exists largely because of this naive. Chase for perfection. You know throw it away because its not perfect but its brilliant whats wrong with brilliant. Sino offers a diverse menu of high quality dishes and serves only organically produce meat and fish. All the other ingredients are old gummy because well fresh and seasonal must masterworks with local providers who deliver food that comes in recyclable containers instead of disposable packages so theres no garbage the menu changes every day depending on the projects available. If an item cant be delivered without packaging the team will just make it themselves like cram fresh. Flour the restaurant has its own mill. We can also buy big amounts of grain from local farmers. Less packaging and the bigger. They bake their own bread fresh every day. The restaurant also has its own composting machine to process food scraps afterwards the organic material is distributed to local farmers. Restaurant is very stressful its very stressful because the industry is very open. And its very industrialized theres lots of middlemen theres lots of processing and theres lots of packaging all of which are not zero waste and that goes against what we do yes its very difficult when the infrastructure is in place it becomes easier. Sustainability is the name of the game here in mcmasters restaurant most of the furnishings up also up cycle. Side aims to provide its customers with sophisticated Delicious Food and to do it without producing a lot of waste its also a good way to get people interested in the idea of sustainability. I want to make these things attractive i want to make them exciting i want to i want people to want to be sustainable because its delicious because its the right thing to do because its fun even because its the future now you dont do that you dont achieve that by making it boring and you know fear mongering people into like we must be sustainable you do that by making them say aha this is beautiful this is this is exciting. Serving good food with a good conscience the team at silo hopes more restaurants will start toasting zero waste concept. And now its time to escape to the mediterranean island of crete its greeces largest island and known for its splendid beaches and beautiful landscapes and the greek architect and his partner live where others spend their holidays theyve turned a Nineteenth Century dwelling into a house with a quirky mix of styles. A small traditional house made of stone by the simple facade belies the modern and spacious house inside welcome home inside. Architect michele is jenna carcase and his partner maria back and are lucky to have restored an old one thousand nine Hundred House in the town of pride on the island of crete they also linked it with a modern building. Young myself but for the mother of the right from the start this room was like the heart of the house for us its the oldest part of the building. So we designed it as the place where family and friends meet the often were going to go there isnt really the sofa is the focal point for all the other furnishings and the room element that we wanted it to be harmonious so we chose a near broke style and then adapted the rest of the furniture accordingly. They want to buy a blast they. Hold a news stand side by side the couple have surrounded themselves with happy memories. It is them all dolled up but i think were led we feel that old objects radiate a lot of energy and thats exactly what we wanted. So there are lots of family heirlooms and reminders of other times in our lives or trips that weve made. Up at that sea of yeah i was of the i grew up with this catch and associated with various family celebrations and happy times thats why i wanted the sofa to have a Central Place but it needed a make over so we retained the basic structure and had it really a poster by a traditional furniture maker here and hung young but us and we chose a color and design that would fit with our lifestyle today. Name was really. The shape of the chandeliers in the living room is repeated in the dining room with a plate of empty glass bottles and white. Theres another playful addition to the kitchen a man made of. The olive tree and theyre joining in a courtyard was planted by the man at the house. After this many people so i chose all the plants in the house the green leaves of the olive tree harmonize with the Natural World in stone that we used to build a house that was. Then the first inside we chose a carrot tree and climbing plant. The plants and trees provide natural shade to make for a good microclimate. And you feel like youre living in the countryside a bit. Much the same as it was the face. Like some of the furniture weve chosen is suitable inside and out so we can use it in both areas as we please without worrying about things getting broken out thats why the chairs and i have a plexiglas with a neutral and transparent. The house is dominated by Natural Causes such as brown white and green only the bathroom is an exception. Is a very special color. We use it to connect the interior with the outside and to bring the blue scarf into our. Minds. On the top floor of a couple of mounted up our garden it provides a natural row mother drink through the entire house. Very easy to plant a small aromatic garden a little natural might feel good ventilation. Use a few plants that have a pleasant smell and that you can also make use of like lavender for example which has a relaxing effect. Well basil there are lots of ways of introducing fragrance and color as. A bridge links the original house with the new annex which has a bedroom and terrace the entire complex offers a hundred ninety square metres of living space. But looking from the outside never in our house has retained its traditional appearance. Thats it for today but of course well be back with more lifestyle and culture from europe next week and if you cant wait till then check out our Facebook Page for the daily updates from the euro max team thanks for joining us by phone now. Celebrated by their fans worldwide. Felix you. Are the father paul van dyke. Three german d. J. Superstars does it get any more bombastic. Come on into festivals backstage parties and a place where no one attain stardom just like that superstar deejays fifteen minutes on d w. Its all about the moments that. Its all about the stories inside. Its all about George Chance to discover the world from different perspectives. 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