The small things in life

Hi. My name is Cornelius Brombach. I like to paint, sketch and craft nice things. Hope you will enjoy looking at them and get your own inspiration. Email me on [email protected].

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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.“ digital drawing by Cornelius Brombach My Christmas Card for 2025. The christmas card is an illustration of the bibleverse from James 1:17. Explanation of the drawing: The greatest gift of God is Jesus Christ, who came to save us! Through Christ, you become (1) a child of God and (2) have the promise of eternal life, you get (3) a new life and new heart, (4) peace with God and the Holy Spirit.

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Christmas card 2024 “For there is born to you in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

watercolour and gouache by Cornelius Brombach

This years christmas card is an illustration of the bibleverse from Luke 2:11.

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Gottes Gabe (God's gift) - Psalm 127:3

watercolour and ink on paper, 2024

The footprints were taken from my children and the fern was painted around the footprints with watercolour. Fern is a symbol for happiness and new life.

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My family as Matryoshka dolls

wooden dolls with acrylics, 2024

Surprise: There is another doll inside. Nr. 4 was born this year.

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This world needs a superhero

Mixture of Affinity designer and Procreate illustration

I designed this for our hero-kids-week at our church.

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Christmas card 2023 “And the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory ... full of grace and truth”

watercolour and gouache by Cornelius Brombach

This years christmas card is an illustration of the bibleverse from John 1:14:

The first 14 verses from the gospel of John are in the background. This magnificient passage hights the origin and identity of Jesus Christ: That he himself is God.

Verse 14 is the shortest Christmas verse in all the gospels. A verse that has more than the baby from Bethlehem in view.

Jesus gives us eternal life by his grace and his truth is a light in our life. Life is illustrated by the plants, light by the oil lamp. The lamb illustrates that Jesus is the lamb of God (John 1:29).

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My family as Matryoshka dolls

see former post for more information

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My family as Matryoshka dolls

wooden dolls with acrylics, 2023

I ordered the wooden blank dolls on Etsy and painted them with Acrylic paint. Everyone has an item in their hand to characterize them better. I have a pencil, brush and screwdriver in hands, my wife a plant pot, my kids their soft cuddly toys.

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No leftovers for toMORROW

Laser engraving on wooden board, 2022 by Cornelius Brombach

The logo is a wordplay with the surname of the family to whom we gave the wooden board as a gift. I did design the logo as a vector graphic which got afterwards burned/engraved into the wooden board with a laser (Atomstack). Thank you to my cousin who owns and operates the laser.

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Auld Lang Syne

spraypaint on wooden board, 2022 by Cornelius Brombach

The shape of Scotland was cut out from a sticky foil and taped on a wooden board. The colour was sprayed on the board (Molotow spray paint).

I gave this board as a gift to my aunt and uncle who love Scotland. Auld lang Syne, the good old times, is a good summary for all the years on which they can look back.

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House in Aberdeen

watercolour on print, 2022 by Cornelius Brombach

The house is from friends of us, who always welcome us in their home as if we are part of their family. I painted this as a gift for them.

The Aberdeen map is a printed vector graphic and the bible verse is printed too. I painted then afterwards the house with watercolour.

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Christmas card 2022 “But when the fullness of the time had come...”

watercolour and gouache by Cornelius Brombach

This years christmas card is an illustration of the bibleverse from Galatians 4:4-5:

“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, ... to redeem those who were under the law ...”

The hourglass illustrates the right time, chosen by God himself. The God, who create all, came into this world as a baby. In the illustration, it looks as if the universe is coming to our planet.

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Waipapa Point Lighthouse with New Zealand conture

Vector graphic, 2022 by Cornelius Brombach

I did this vector graphic for printing on clothes. It shows the Waipapa Point Lighthouse in the conture of New Zealand.

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Magnetic fishing game

Acrylics on plywood, 2021

I did create this game for my little daughter as a Christmas gift. Each fish has a nail in its mouth and the fishing rod has a small, strong magnet attached to the thread. The dice is rolled and you have to fish the colour that was rolled.

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My own Armchair

3 years project from 2019 to 2021

It was always my dream to have an armchair with a tweed tartan pattern. Importing them from the UK is almost very expensive and impossible. I had finally the idea to build my own one. I always had huge respect for this project as I love woodwork but the biggest part was going to be the sewing and I knew that this would be hard as a beginner in this craft. I gave it a go by ordering bits and pieces and started building the wooden construction in 2019. The sewing part was layed aside due to my anxiety of ruining the expensive fabric but I started sewing it in 2020 and continued in 2021. I always had to wait until my wife and kids were gone for a week. Then I had some quiet time for thinking and working in the evenings after my regular job and full time on the weekends on the upholstery part. A lot of seams had to be opened again due to not being accurate enough. But finally, the fabric came together and could be stabled to the wooden construction. The fabric is tweed from an English tweed mill using contemporary colours and design.

My whole family loves the chair now and it is perfect for reading books to the kids.

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Footstool for Armchair

Autumn 2021 by Cornelius Brombach

I build this footstool as the final part of my armchair. Now, I can put up my feet and relax and invent more art and craft projects.

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Design of a stamp for quail egg boxes

Vector illustration by Cornelius Brombach

I did design this stamp for friends of us and we handed it to them this year as a Christmas gift.