Added Feb 6, 2011
The translation is no so good....
The Chris TSONIAS exhibit works at Xanthi
A very surprising violin manufacturer ...
08.04.2011
Dream of a musical event on instruments made from organic materials, textiles, newspapers and paper for recycling
Chris Tsonia his daily schedule goes as guard at the Music School of Komotini, but hours of free time to mutate and serves as a potential artist inspired by music, but makes violins from reused materials.
This innovative exhibition of late April hosted by the bookstore "Papasotiriou" of Xanthi, in a series of events FEX, headed the world's original violin.
In the same exhibition, hosted paintings of his wife Karra Areti Virtue, and the same, which is made with metal objects.
Self-taught, with no musical knowledge or construction has already built five violins thrown from ... photocopied papers, newspapers, blue-denim, burlap or leather.
The first violin is left as an example in Italy, a violin manufacturer was impressed by its originality.
"It's very difficult to build a violin," says the knowing because it requires very fine job.
Everything is done by hand, there are machines out onto the tracks ready and then simply stuck.
These do crafts. He works by hand. He puts his personal style and tries to ensure that the violin is properly made, and stylish.
The other can not buy a violin that will not be perfect. There have something from me above, there is a fine work and especially much needed rest. When you have something to do right, not rushed, but sounding nothing new compared to its predecessor.
He spoke of the creations of the state amateur with this "divine" sense that makes us all to move in everyday life and to dream .... will say with disarming frankness:
"Inspired by the environment of my work, I thought last summer to fix an old fiddle mine, so I got the idea to fix violins and other instruments made of materials other than wood, such as paper and cloth.
Everyone, including music teachers, stated that the project will succeed me. It is now the violins can not only play, but have almost comparable performance to normal wood. Each building takes me 30-40 days. As a next step I think the construction and other organs, such as guitars and cello, and even from organic materials such as leaves. I think to go to exhibitions in Greece and abroad, and of course my dream is to perform a musical event and all these institutions. I already have some contacts with Italian and French manufacturers, and some orders ,demonstrate that support and trust me that they liked my work. "
. Actually for the violins Christos Tsonia will hear and see much.
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