I would call myself a tinkerer of many trades and skip the second part of the quip! My non-academic background includes photography, woodworking, machining, and copper sweating. For some time, I have been creating kinetic sculptures. These are mostly small pieces which have some motion, typically powered by small motors. There are also some non-kinetic pieces, but all share a common denominator of being somewhat whimsical.

My shop (studio) is in the basement of my house and contains tools for woodworking and metal machining. Some pieces requite some electronics and/or embedded computer control, so the shop includes some development tools for that purpose.

A significant portion of the shop contains junk. Most of what I create contains pieces of found material or parts from some defunct object.