Current projects

21 Aug 2008

One of the projects is to establish a printing studio in our new location. A press has been ordered from Manuka Machines in Christchurch, New Zealand. I’m looking forward to the delivery of this truly beautifully crafted etching press. Meanwhile I have to check out the art and printing supplies locally. This press is somewhere on the high seas between New Zealand and France this moment.

It arrived sometime last April, but it is only now that the workshop and atelier is getting organised. Still a lot of work needs to be done, but I'm getting there. To have a look at some photos click here

 

20 Aug 2008

After having spent respectively 32 and 36 years in New Zealand we decided to move on and are hoping to find what we are looking for in the south of France, département Aude. We looked around for a couple of months to get the feel of the district a bit, then did some serious house hunting and now made an offer on a property. As soon as matters unfold I will update. Meanwhile I can't wait until we got our feet on our own coffee table again, scratch around in the garden, get the workshop set up and printing studio and get to work.

Now we have been here for 15 months or so and are going through our 2nd winter here we feel that we are slowly getting there. It takes a lot of time and effort to get things fall into place. The link displayed will get you to a blog about our adventures in this part of the world  http://wouterpamela.blogspot.com/

 

16 Dec 2006

This is an old gramophone I acquired through "Trademe".
It is going to be a challenge. The mechanics are perfect, the cabinet is shot, for the use of better words. At least all the solid wood parts are more or less ok albeit in need of restoration but the panels are damaged beyond repair; totally delaminated and broken up. In fact the entire thing was only barely held together with some cellotape. More later.....

We are on the move and will not have the chance to complete it before we do so It will have to wait until we are settled again.

 

3 Dec 2006

There are quite a few quirky spots in Auckland I like. This is one of them. A retaining wall of a property on Franklin Road in Ponsonby.This is one thing I would like to do over the next few months, half year, year. that is to find more of those spots and translate them into similar images.
This is an attempt at drypoint on zincplate printed on stonehenge 285 gms. Image size 110 x 110 mm.

I have made a few since this post. Those can be viewed on the page "Auckland images" 

 

1 Nov 2006

This will be the next print I would like to do. First make a drawing using the pruning burning carts and the bright rainwear and the supporting frames as features than try to introduce the glow and colour of the fire in the bottom of the carts and most challenging depicting the smoke.
Use gofun with several blocks printing over each other?
Anyway it will take some planning. I will keep postings up.

 

23 Jul 2006

Cambieure in the Aude district, Languedoc-Roussillon, France is where I'm now. I've been to the Chambre de Metiers, I have registered and have a siret number  510 616 576. Great. Anyone who likes something done like a difficult woodworking project, a special piece of furniture, wine storage facility, wine racks, lambris, whatever. To have a look at my portfolio please click here ; You can contact me acwtenbroek@sfr.fr

 

 

5 Jul 2006

At the core of this website is, of course, the creation of wood cut prints. It's finding the time to do it which makes it interesting. Do I need to say more?

Next wood cut will be "pruning the vineyard" , it will take a while, but I will keep posting.