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  • Concert Box Ukulele

    A recent creation influenced by Sam Kamaka Jr’s 1940’s cigar box ukulele.

    Built from merbau side/neck/fretboard/bridge and pine braced marine laminate front and back, this is a concert scale length uke. Fretboard has a 9.25” radius, something I don’t usually add to my ukuleles.

    Finishing in linseed oil and beeswax gave the uke a nice dark aged look.

    It’s reasonably thin bodied, but rings out nice as the strings settle in.

    It’s been a while since I posted a project here. An alternative (if here for projects not photos) is to check out my YouTube channel as I have a bunch of historic and up coming project builds there also: https://m.youtube.com/c/MikeHawkey/videos

  • A B&W Stroll in Town

    Taking a stroll around town after work one day with a mate, cameras in hand. Been some time since Ive shot B&W film and self developed.

    Cameras: Minolta 7xi

    Film: Fomapan 200

  • Museum Wander

    We took a New Years wander around the Auckland Museum. Armed with the Pentax Q and b&w, I gathered some still life.

  • Another Lockdown

    Masks. The new trash of the streets.
    Parks empty, businesses closed. Stay home, stay safe.

  • Back on Film

    Pulling out the Ricoh KR-5 (circa 1978) and a roll of Fujifilm 200, we ventured out to the Auckland Winter Gardens. Featured sometime back in my past photos, the gardens were designed at the beginning of the 1900’s and opened in 1913.