My grandfather said if they fainted, or began to sway, ... At some point the barn door cracked open and my grandpa told how they saw the silhouette of a soldier with a gun slung over his arm.

British designer Lee Broom referenced modernist silhouettes for his new grandfather clock, which he will launch during this year's Milan design week.

Q. Did your grandfather sit you down and teach you silhouette art or did you pick up on it yourself? A. He showed me how to do several things when I was young -- barnyard animals and such.

D-Day fallen remembered with 1,475 silhouette statues for 80th anniversary. ... Paul Harris's grandfather, George, fought in Normandy and was killed on 7 August 1944.