{"id":2513,"date":"2025-08-14T13:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:48:08","slug":"vale-laurens-otto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wardill.com\/?p=2513","title":{"rendered":"Vale Laurens Otto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2515\" style=\"width:436px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.png 496w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1024x533.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1536x800.png 1536w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-973x507.png 973w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-508x264.png 508w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.png 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.png 865w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-768x706.png 768w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-508x467.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LO.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LO.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LO.png 859w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LO-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LO-768x528.png 768w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LO-508x350.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845-1009x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2516\" style=\"width:385px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845-1009x1024.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845-973x988.jpg 973w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845-508x516.jpg 508w, https:\/\/wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E5845.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurens was a wonderful man whose friendship, over so many years, was cherished. He had a witty sense of humor and a passion for creating, making, and sharing. We shared the love of making and materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurens was never far from his best mate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hannahcabinet.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.hannahcabinet.com\/\">Geoff Hannah<\/a>, and the pair of them shared a passion for woodworking and teaching workshops together and pranking when they could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japanisome, a passion, was part of his everyday life, in his garden, cooking, skiing, and his sense of design and style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurens, you were an incredible artist, your work will live on to inspire and impress, much loved and will be missed.<br><br>His family motto, Life is short, Art is long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laurens-Otto-bio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wardill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laurens-Otto-bio-1024x596.png\" alt=\"\" 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