Veerle Pennock

Hi! I’m Veerle, a DIY creative electronics maker and founder of soldering and hardware workspace Acid Solder Club @Hof van Cartesius in Utrecht!

From my workspace in Utrecht I’m always busy with building new electronic instruments and interfaces for creative expressions, and organise community events and workshops under the name Acid Solder Club!

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Images made by @Paulus van Dorsten

Also make sure to checkout the Events page for upcoming workshops, solder sessions, meetups and other activities.

Open Workspace / Soldering Meetup events are generally:

  • Every other Thursday evening
  • Every other Saturday midday

Workshop planning:

1/2 Workshops per month!

For workshops on DIY Electronics /E-waste and Repair / Basics of soldering and Electronics contact me and let’s collaborate!

ACID SOLDER CLUB INSTAGRAM

Oef! What a week it was, time to setup the workspace and get it up and running asap in the new workarea⚡️💪 Almost done moving my workspace to a new room inside fellow upcycle and DIY squad @buurmanutrecht 💜 Extremely happy to join forces with them and plan events and workshops where we can re-use even more materials! First edition coming up of "Modular Noodle School" 🍜🌈💚 Acid Solder Club X Modulation @sonartraffic supercollab! Was a lot of fun today! Thanks for joining the modular after party! 🤩 Still can't get enough of modular synths?? ❤ Upcoming Saturday afternoon 12:00-17:00 Modular Afterparty!!!! @acidsolderclub workspace in Utrecht!✨ just found out half of the images was missing😂, so a little re-post🦋Another @superbooth_berlin edition has come to an end! 🚨 New BIG project coming up with restoring the @steim_amsterdam syntheseizer modular system ‘Zwarte Dozen Systeem’ /Blackbox system from the 70’s 🎛️ On my waaaay to @superbooth_berlin!🚀 Extremely exited for the upcoming days to dive back into the coolest modular synth and DIY Electronics festival I've been to so far! The upcoming days will be an overload of beep n bleeps, seeing old and new faces, form new collaborations and play A LOT of new instruments and modules. Jeaaah saturday was fun with our modular synth and plants mini concert @ Buiten de Perken Festival 🍀💜 Happy we did move inside the Loods @hofvancartesius, since the partytent was slowely giving up on us, because of all the rain in the midday. It did give us some real ‘camping with the family’ vibes. Thanks to @tectonia_official @jasondirkx @freakedmusicc for coming to play! And nice to do a very droney soundscape set with Pjotr at the end!

Things we make and build during Acid Solder Club Soldersessions/ workshops and events:

  • DIY Electronics Kits and building projects
  • Eurorack/ Modular Synthesiser DIY
  • Guitar pedals and modifications
  • Circuit Bending toys and other battery powered instruments
  • Hardware Hacking Radio’s, Tapes, oldschool machines
  • Retro Game Consoles and PC things (Commodore64, NES etc.)
  • Repair work for various old tech and modern machines with “Repair Cafeest on Acid”
  • Basics of Electronic circuits, pcb design, breadboarding
  • E-textiles and flexible sensors
  • Mirco controllers and programming
And if you landed on this page because you are curious to my personal works and artistry with all these electronics, you can checkout my Soundcloud and Youtube channel and music Instagram.