A LOUD MADMAN





WHEN THE VILLAGERS HEARD THE SOUND

OF THE MADMAN, EVERYBODY COVERED

THEIR EARS! PRESS THE BUTTON

AND YOU MIGHT HEAR HIM TOO.



THIS IS THE NOISE GENERATED

BY A LARGE FORGE HAMMER CALLED

A “MADMAN” IN SLOVENE. LOCALLY

IT HAS BEEN GIVEN OTHER INTERESTING

NAMES SUCH AS “HLAPEC” [A SERF]

AND “TOLKAČ” [A BEATER].

THE ‘MADMAN’ IN THE MUSEUM

WAS DRIVEN BY A WATER WHEEL.



A BLACKSMITH USED THE LARGE

FORGE HAMMER FOR FORGING

LARGE AND HEAVY OBJECTS, WHILST

THE SMALLER ITEMS HE MADE BY HAND.



WHAT IS THE SMITH DOING

ON THE SOUND RECORDING?

THINK OF FOOTWEAR FOR HORSES.



WHEN A SMITH HAS A HORSE

TO SHOE, WHAT TOOL DO YOU

THINK HE WILL USE?





LET THE WORK BE HEARD

A LOUD MADMAN

Text: Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar Illustrations: Matjaž Dekleva

Expert consultants: Boris Brovinsky, Estera Cerar, Milojka Čepon, Romana Erhatič Širnik, Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar, Vladimir Vilman English translation: Melita Silič Book design: Maša Kozjek

Logotype design: Faculty of Architecture Preparation of e-book: Urša Vodopivec Technical Museum of Slovenia, 2015

Director: Natalija Polenec

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MARUŠIČ, Irena

A loud madman [Elektronski vir] / [text Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar ; illustra-tions Matjaž Dekleva ; English translation Melita Silič]. - Ljubljana : Tehniški muzej Slovenije, 2015. - (Let the work be heard) Način dostopa (URL): http://www.tms.si/fck_files/file/Naj_se_slisi_delo/Knjizica11.pdf ISBN 978-961-6464-37-6 (pdf)

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