John van Beek

John van Beek

  • Biography

    John lives at Lake Tekapo – 13 on SH 8 in the Lake Tekapo village. He is a Wire Artist making affordable sculptures – recycling and turning old fencing wire into unique and orginial artwork.
    Balls, Trees, Sheep, Flowers and other sculptures made with either Barbed Wire or Plain Wire - Rusty or Galvanized.
    In 2008 John started making Wire Sheep for his garden at Lake Tekapo. John is a self taught artist with a farming background and fencing experience. He uses pliers, clippers and some home-made tools to achieve the sculptures. For bigger pieces he uses reinforcing rod as a frame and weaves the wire around them. The Sculptures can be pegged down to the ground and make impressive garden features.
    John immigrated to NZ with his family from The Netherlands when he was four years old, and moved to Le Bons Bay on Banks Peninsula.
    He and wife Lynda moved from Rangiora to Lake Tekapo to build a Lodge and sold that in 2012.
    The sculptures are a new twist on the Kiwi No 8 wire attitude.

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John van Beek

50cm galvanised ball and pole
galvanised wire and galvanised pole $200.00

John van Beek

1m Galvanized tree
1 m Galvanized wire $215.00

John van Beek

Lancewood Tree, 2022
170 cm rusty barb wire $95.00

John van Beek

Lancewood Tree, 2022
270 cm rusty barb wire $142.00

John van Beek

Rusty wire Tree 1.5m
Includes Base $365.00

John van Beek

50cm rusty ball and pole
rusty wire $200.00

John van Beek

Rusty barbed wire 100cm ball
100 x 100 cm rusty wire $495.00

John van Beek

Rusty wire tree - 1m
rusty wire 1m $215.00

John van Beek

Base (for balls and Tree)
$55.00

John van Beek

Pole only for balls
steel $55.00

John van Beek

1.5m Tree and base
150 cm rusty wire $370.00

John van Beek

Tree 1.5m - all available in galvanised and rusty wire
available in rusty and galvanised wire 1.5m $315.00

John van Beek

75cm rusty wire ball, pole and base
rusty wire, metal pole and base made from car brake discs $355.00

John van Beek

50cm rusty wire ball, pole and base
rusty wire ball, metal pole and base made from car brake discs $255.00

John van Beek

75cm rusty plain ball and pole
rusty wire $300.00

John van Beek

Rusty plain wire 75cm ball
rusty wire $245.00

John van Beek

Rusty Plain wire ball 50cm
wire $145.00

John van Beek

Suspended - Circle Sculpture with rusty wire ball, 2024
140 x 80 cm Steel frame with rusty wire ball Sold

John van Beek

PomPom Tree, 2024
120 x 180 cm rusty wire wire balls on steel trunk Sold

John van Beek

Suspended - Circle Sculpture with rusty wire ball, 2024
140 x 80 cm Steel frame with rusty wire ball Sold

John van Beek

Rusty plain wire 75cm ball, 2020
rusty wire Sold

John van Beek

Rusty plain wire 100cm ball, 2020
100 x 100 cm rusty wire Sold

John van Beek

POm POm Tree - enquiries taken
rusty wire Sold

John van Beek

Rusty plain wire 100cm ball, 2020
100 x 100 cm rusty wire Sold

John van Beek

1.5m Galvanized tree
1.5 m Galvanized wire Sold