Hello readers! I'm excited to announce I'll be hosting an engine turning taster at my workshop in partnership with Atlas Obscura. If you're not familiar with their online magazine - it's very entertaining. In an effort to educate, inspire, and share the weird and wonderful things in this strange world, they host events and regularly [...]
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I’ve Published a Book!
Gosh - can you believe it? Well, I hardly can...I'm so very excited to announce the publication of Sacred Geometry - a 16th Century Coloring Book. In an effort to engage a more diverse group of individuals with the incredible designs the rose engine can generate, I approached ornamental turner Al Collins with the idea of a coloring book. Seeing that these [...]
Toy Automata Booth August 13th
Hey there everyone! I hope you're enjoying your summer - somehow Seattle managed to escape the heat that seems to have enveloped America. So with that - I'm excited to announce I'll be hosting a booth in Seattle at the Rainier Valley Heritage Parade. Come visit and save yourself from the shine wave. I'm going to be making [...]
Dearly Beloved Banjos
We are gathered here today for a number of important updates. It has certainly been some time since my last post. I have been working on quite a few projects in the mean time. One being the launch of my colleague David's new website: Lindow Machine Works. Check it out if you get a chance - his [...]
MADE in the Making
If you've been reading my blog then you'll have encountered photos of the gorgeous MADE Ornamental Rose Engine by David Lindow. Well... there's now a website with tons of incredible photos of the lathe and the process - a brochure(!) - and the whole story of its creation. Check it out! Here's a recent post [...]