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[MarshaV]

Adrie,

I have some stained glass works hanging in windows that 
my late husband made.  One was a Christmas gift, the others
beautiful pieces I watched him create.  Sometimes I'd help 
wrap the glass pieces with copper foil.   

Sure I would like to see the works of your father.  


Marsha 










On Feb 24, 2011, at 5:35 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote:

> Hi Marsha.
> 
> One of the reason's i use 'atelier', is that its widely used here still, as
> i live
> only 1 hour from the border with France, and 50 % of Belgium is French
> speaking, so "Atelier" here is still in use and favo-, in the connotation of
> painting atelier's, not so for other niche's.
> 
> The second reason is that my father started as glassmanufacturer,
> And when glass is involved,-always atelier to adress.
> 
> glass/lead/came technique=>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_came_and_copper_foil_glasswork
> 
> He studied this in France, and in Belgium. Both country's have a lot of
> churches
> and subsequentely very big churchwindows with enormous glass in lead
> artworks.
> After worldwar 2 most of these artworks were damaged by allied bombings,
> and my father moved to Italy and especially Chartres in France to learn to
> work with these technique's
> 
> The Cathedral of Chartres full of glass art.. Some are repaired by him.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Chartres.
> 
> Note, his colorslides and drawings about the repairs, the designs and
> transparants are still in his atelier.
> He also worked a lot on the church of Assenede,my town of birth,i think he
> worked there for 5 years or so,my mother still lives there, and the atelier
> is located at Assenede.
> http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Belgium/Flanders/Oost-Vlaanderen/Assenede/photo139421.htm
> 
> The link about Assenede is also an aside for Arlo, because the kill's are
> shown
> partially.  you will find Grote Kil >> great Kill, (like Schyulkill, the
> Catskill's)
> nearly on the Dutch border.
> This creek, The Grote Kil, the great kill is where i learned to swim long
> ago.
> We have a lot of other kill's..some of them are shown here.
> Oost Vlaanderen is East Flanders, where i live.
> 
> http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21795906
> 
> 
> 
> 
> One day he felt the urge to paint as a spin-off, and it was very succesfull
> from the beginning on,so he moved on on this path ever since.
> But most of his Hand/mouth Blown glass is still there, its worth a lot of
> money
> because of the old German colors and the italian way of producing it.
> Some of it is even very rare and famous uraniumglass, very high priced.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Adrie,
> Does you father's studio represent a work of art for your brother?  Or
> maybe his own heart's desire?   I cannot guess, but my studio feel's
> like a temple, and painting a type of invocation to a inner calling.
> 
> So coming back to your question,..The atelier is not a temple but a goldmine
> owned by my youngest brother, when he bought us out, the other children,
> during the time the inheritance was settled. (but after locking the
> atelier)...,
> and not to tell us about the content....he purchased the property after
> that.
> The youngest also became a loner after that.
> 
> Because i'v always liked my father's glasswork more than his paintwork
> (and i still miss him) i'v started hunting the specialised markets in France
> and Belgium, to find some of them back, and to purchase them if i came
> across an opportunity.
> And so i did!!, i found one on an aution in Belgium from a
> privatecollection, (the owner of them owns a shitload of my fathers work!)
> There was a lot of interest and several artcollectors made the final price
> halting at 8000 Euro, think this is about 7500 dollar.
> 
> so i own one now, my own treasure made by my father.
> If you like a picture of it, with signature,i will send it to you.(only you)
> A friended architect is working on a design to embed it in a wall in my
> livingroom.
> 
> 
> Does this in any way relate to Pirsig's work? in fact it does.
> My father's atelier was his own Arete-environment , his boat made from
> bricks,
> his manifestation and isolation at the same time.
> He was a difficult man to handle, artists mostly are.
> 
> Adrie
> 


 
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