Chris Tsonias

When before about 7 years I made my first violin of paper as a hobby , I never imagined that it would be the beginning of a so creative artistic career.
There has never been as an artist in the past, but as we say here in Greece, better late, than ever.
The sense of the creation of a beautiful and utilitarian objects from a piece of paper, or fabric was addictive, but more addictive and fascinating is to use waste and used materials to do that.

My goal, my aim now, is to give a second chance in life to these waste material, giving to them a special value and aesthetics, and helping in parallel the environment recycling directly.
It is great satisfaction and joy to know that , your art gives messages and lessons for ecology and social behaviour.

My art ... from the beginning even, was difficult and controversial. People relating to art say, that it is not art but musical instruments, people associated with music say that there are not a musical instruments, but art.
So, yes my Art is unique, in real combine the Ecology , with different style of arts and the music.

A new style musical instruments, sculptures, design objects, installations and new media Abstract and Pop art made only from textile-fabric without any use of paint is only some of my new creation.

One of my purpose is the creation of one or more of recycled or artistic musical bands - orchestras.
I want all these seemingly different things that are made, to be able to combine them with entertainment and education.
I think is a very satisfying to see your art in action.
New collaborations abroad and my own new techniques in art, led me to a new creative directions and artistic approaches.

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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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Musical Instruments from newspapers and blue jeans manufactured by Komotinaios Chris Tsonia
Δευτέρα, 13 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 Monday, December 13, 2010


Towards creation of the orchestra and claims Guinness record!
That's a keeper at the Music High School of Komotini is the only element that connects the area of ​​the pentagram. But this did not prevent, arrest and implement an innovative idea: to build for the first time in the world, violins paper and fabric!

"At first it seemed to me funny and said that it will succeed," admits the school music teacher and award-winning composer Dimitri Svyntridis, admitting however that the final result is very good. "

A graduate of the Music High School of Komotini, and freshman law student at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Gkiokchan Selim, is the first violinist who played the original instruments, and as noted, "not far from the normally wooden.

Collector antiques Chris Tsonia and passionate rektis explains the history ... of his undertaking: "Working as a guard at the Music High School, was inspired by the environment, sounds, instruments, and decided to grapple first with the repair of old violin collection of objects that have antique.
Somewhere I got the idea to fix a violin there, so I started with the construction of a violin from a newspaper, and then built the second, from blue jeans.

The construction of each violin takes about forty days, he says, although it has achieved its primary goal, however, essentially still experimenting: "I do not know how to behave in materials. I have applied many techniques, many violins before the final result reached today in the bin, yet I actually tested.

The only "gap" until the moment of the violin is the fact that it can produce sound. But according to Svyntridi D. and S. Giokchan, "This is a particular obstacle, it can sound and be reinforced by similar improvements in manufacturing, but also supported by capsules or microphones. D. Svyntridis, indeed, believes that "these instruments improved, can be used in musical productions and open new avenues in music."

Coming up Ch Tsonia intends to use and recycled aluminum, and build guitars, oud, woodwinds and percussion, to the encouragement of friends to create a musical band that plays with instruments made from green, recycled materials, which can even lead to claim a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Already in fact, is the first guitar orders. One D. Svyntridi, and one a Briton, a special art critic. At the same time, has come into contact with an Italian violinist, composer and music producer.

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The original site of TAR music press...

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1. Chris Tsonia: colors and materials in a "strange" instrument-

The little boy goes to his mum in a shop of musical instruments and asks puzzled.
- Mom why electric guitars have cheerful colors and the classic is so drab painted?
This question was not a "diplomatic dribble" of small to convince His mom bought him a fancy electric guitar. In the subsequent discussion we learned that the small, not only learning to play guitar, but he loves her and knows enough about the musicians of this kind. The question had to do with an aesthetic that was in line with his age and not a "mikromegali" approach to classical music. The severity or non-response of classical music (and indeed any) can be determined by the seeming, but of it.


Guitar made from recycled paper

Recounted the scene watching online musical instruments manufactured by an amateur (as he calls himself) Chris Tsonia from Komotini. Chris has recently started manufacturing a range of musical instruments using various "recycled" materials such as paper, cloth, leather in various versions and mixes. It uses natural and artificial resins and adhesives to stabilize and glued materials and parts from wood. Each structure is original and unique. The aesthetic outcome of these musical instruments is very good. The materials used "paint" the emergence of musical instruments in a unique way. Their sound or so sounds like online is not jealous in any way from its conventional counterparts. As he said himself, of course, "the sound is a constant search" for it is trying to work with musicians, performers to improve then this very fundamental aspect of musical instruments. The musical instruments of the Christos do not come to replace conventional but give a different dimension in instrument making and definitely add a "colored" and a touch of uniqueness to instumentarium musical instruments.


More information can be found if you put in a search engine the words Chris Tsonias or Christos Tsonias or Χρήστος Τσόνιας or ArtEcoArt, ArtEco Band,

When before about 7 years I made my first violin of paper as a hobby , I never imagined that it would be the beginning of a so creative artistic career.
There has never been as an artist in the past, but as we say here in Greece, better late, than ever.
The sense of the creation of a beautiful and utilitarian objects from a piece of paper, or fabric was addictive, but more addictive and fascinating is to use waste and used materials to do that.

My goal, my aim now, is to give a second chance in life to these waste material, giving to them a special value and aesthetics, and helping in parallel the environment recycling directly.
It is great satisfaction and joy to know that , your art gives messages and lessons for ecology and social behaviour.

My art ... from the beginning even, was difficult and controversial. People relating to art say, that it is not art but musical instruments, people associated with music say that there are not a musical instruments, but art.
So, yes my Art is unique, in real combine the Ecology , with different style of arts and the music.

A new style musical instruments, sculptures, design objects, installations and new media Abstract and Pop art made only from textile-fabric without any use of paint is only some of my new creation.

One of my purpose is the creation of one or more of recycled or artistic musical bands - orchestras.
I want all these seemingly different things that are made, to be able to combine them with entertainment and education.
I think is a very satisfying to see your art in action.
New collaborations abroad and my own new techniques in art, led me to a new creative directions and artistic approaches.