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Restorer, collector, and teacher
In the past years, the milestones...
The craftsmanship emerging from the year 2008 onwards... It was in the spring of 2009 that JP Bal was called upon to restore or repair antique Delvaux travel-trunks that are part of the Delvaux House's own collection (company founded in 1829). Furthermore, with his expertise JP contributed to the preparation of the "Delvaux 180 Years of Belgian Luxury" exhibition that was held at the Fashion Museum (MoMu) of Antwerp, Belgium. On the occasion of the publication of a book on the 180 years retrospective, our restorer's technical and historical expertise was highlighted in it, as well as the Belmal museum-collection. A number of books of the BelMal Archives are also listed in the bibliography of the Delvaux book published in three languages. (1) numbers-footnotes, see bottom of page.
In the summer of 2009, the Belgian "La Une" television channel contacted JP, and made on-site recordings. The "C'est du belge" (it's Belgian) TV programme that focused on the official opening of the new international Liège Guilllemins railway-station, featured a ten minutes' special dedicated to the profile and craftsmanship of the restorer, and some trunks of the BelMal collection. (2)
With the year 2010 came the success of the "Histoire et passion" (History and passion) short-film of Marcel Hellebosch. Made in the first half of 2009, and on the moviemaker's own initiative, the film shows the craftsmanship of the restorer and some of the history of antique travel and steamer trunks. The movie winning three major prizes at amateur movie contests in Belgium and France,(3) led to another tribute, this time by the National Library of France BNF. Since 2011 Mr. Bal is a BNF person of authority in his field.(4)
In 2011 JP Bal continued to prepare certain parts of the BelMal Archive; it being gradually made available in digital format on the internet, to therewith aim at reaching a wider audience worldwide. Meanwhile, at the BelMal restoration workshop, private owners from around Europe and overseas continue to entrust their antique or vintage steamer trunks and baggage to be repaired, refreshed, restored, or renovated by our expert.
The start of the year 2012 is marked by the coincidental publication, in two upper-class lifestyle magazines, of articles about Mr. Bal and the BelMal collection and workshop. Some photos and text-excerpts of "Un artisan hors norme" (a beyond-boundaries craftsman) (5) and "Restauratie vergt reflectie" (restoration requires reflection) (6) will be made available in due course on the BelMal website.
It
is worth mentioning that the restorer works on a pro bono basis. The revenue of the restorations undertaken for
third parties is allocated to the preservation of the historical
heritage (the Belmal Archives) and to the BelMal museum-collection managed by the non-profit organisation.
In his "other" professional career Jean-Pierre Bal is a professor
of leadership, training and coaching leaders
Belgian TV recordings that took place at the restorer's workshop
video-clips : television (excerpts) | renovation (slideshow) | short-movie (excerpts)
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