| Pictures of the construction of my permanent bamboo-organ - autumn 2001. | |
1. Placement of the stainless steel supports prior to the pouring of the cement. |
3. The instrument is complete and has twelve bamboo organ pipes, 3mtr. long, with altogether 127 sound holes, positioned in a spiral around the tubes, so that no matter the direction of the wind, there are always a few notes to be heard. |
2. The finished foundation. Dimensions of the oval are 2mtrs by 1mtr; stainless steel tubes ˝mtr. The surface is of small pieces of white Carrara marble. | |
| The Instrument is placed in a private garden of a building of the Orion Society in Capelle a. d. IJssel.
(a little town near Rotterdam) | |
| Southsea Kite Festival - 25th August 2001 | |
Robert Valkenburgh presents a new piece to Richard Nourse of Poole Kite Fliers
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This piece marks a new direction for Robert, as this was the first time he had carved the likeness of any real creature of land, sea or sky - now he has a taste for it, we hope to be seeing more new "creature" pieces in the future...? 
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| The dolphin is of red cedar, the frame is twisted willow (painted black enamel) with beech end pieces.
The hammered sheet tail vane and tubular bow are aluminium. Thanks to Ron Dell of Kiteability for the photographs. | |
| Kites on Ice Festival 2003 | ||
| First Windgarden ever erected on Lake Monona,
at the Kites on Ice Festival 2003 in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., courtesy of Global Celebrations | 
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| Special project with James Peel 2002 | ||
| James Peel is an artist from London (UK) for whom I constructed an Aeolian kite and a copy of a 17th Century Windharp, both used in the exhibition 'Border Songs' , May 25-July 7, 2002, in the Berwick Gymnasium Art Gallery in Berwick upon Tweed , England. | ||
Testing the Aeolian Box Kite (150x50x35 cm.) at this moment without both hummers attached. | 
Copy of a 17th C. Aeolian Harp, 140x70 x35 cm, two times 12 strings. | 
Same Harp as part of an indoor display at the Berwick Gymnasium Art Gallery |
| Erlenseee, Germany | Beccles, UK | |
Double balance chime in curly willow, brass and aluminium. Ten different notes. appr. 80x60x60 cm. Also placed in Erlensee, Germany | 
Weathervane of curly willow , aluminium and bamboo 145cm. long. The first design in a row of Curly Willow Weathervanes, currently humming away in the town of Erlensee , Germany | 
Aeolian Harp, strung on both sides. Designed for indoor as well as outdoor use. At the moment singing in a garden setting in Beccles, Suffolk (UK) |
| 2004 Taipei County International Kite Festival, Taiwan | ||
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| 30 ft. high Aeolian piece "Wind dragon" built on site. After a midnight storm it was partly destroyed, but rebuilt in a somewhat smaller size the next day. | ||
| 2005 Long Beach, WA. USA | ||||
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| With special aknowledgement to Kristin Foss, "Artiste Extraordinaire" and beautiful friend, from Seattle, who helped me build it, and who named the creature... | ||||
| 2009 New Images - descriptions to follow | |||||
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