Artworks
All things being equal, this should link to my 'Redbubble' shop... when I've got everything set up.
Luthierie
This is the amazing Georgia Lewis, accompanied by Jon Loomes on a guitar of his own making, performing 'The Brown Girl', in an arrangement put together very quickly on an artist's retreat at Halsway Manor National Centre For Folk Arts.
Jerry with his mandolin
A 'Fender Esquire' with relic finish
Brazilian rosewood mandolin
Long necked Swedish mandola
Amboyna burl head plate
A pile of bodies in the cellar
Rosette for a copy of the Sabionari Stradivari guitar.
Hormigo tenor guitar
Black Diamond 'Eleonora', designed by Loomes
Studying first with The Cambridge Guild of Violin Makers and latterly with the incredible Manchester guitar maker Colin Kendall, Loomes creates fretted stringed instruments, built to order, and occasionally available at festivals, depending on stock.
Responsible for the design specifications of the Dino Bafetti 'Binci III', 'Super II', 'Super III', and 'Super Ottone' models, Loomes also designed the Black Diamond professional range of melodeons, the 'Italia' series. He also invented the 'Loomes Chromatic'. He's currently building an eight string guitar to extend tuning possibilities.