Galaxy Table

Galaxy Table

I made this table from mostly scavenged objects from the streets of San Francisco. The outer frame is old-growth douglas fir, made from some doors…

Upcycling an Ikea Desklamp

Upcycling an Ikea Desklamp

I’m quite happy with this ‘new’ desk lamp I made for myself, upcycled from an ugly-ass ikea desk lamp that I’ve had since forever: The…

A New(er) Workbench

A New(er) Workbench

One of the very first posts on this blog was about the first workbench I built (here). In the ensuing ten (!) years, I’ve used…

Bird Architecture

Bird Architecture

Delphine recently directed her students in an adaptation of Aristophanes’ The Birds, and asked for some help with the scenery. In the play, birds and…

Mapping Your Life

Mapping Your Life

As you may know, your smartphone can track your location over time.   I’ve had location tracking enabled continuously since 2012, because I think it’s…

Parklet Design Assignment

Parklet Design Assignment

Another project I did for my Arch 134 class.  The assignment was: Design a parklet! Concept I started with the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco where…

Rolleicord Shutter Repair

Rolleicord Shutter Repair

Thanks for nothing, Vivian Maier: So this starts with a trip to Chicago.  While we were there, we visited the Chicago History Museum and it…

Poetics in Architecture Collage Assignment

Poetics in Architecture Collage Assignment

So I’ve been taking a class at CCSF, History and Theory of Modern Architecture.  I didn’t major in architecture, and actually I’ve been kind of making this…

My Conduit Bending Machine

My Conduit Bending Machine

Oh hey there.  As part of the theater show I’m working on I’ve been making these industrial gooseneck type things for the bar lighting.  As…

Pinhole Camera – Yosemite

Pinhole Camera – Yosemite

Travel+Photography: I took the pinhole camera I made backpacking in Yosemite National Park./ And some back in San Francisco: Coming whenever I get around to…

Look what I found!

Look what I found!

I was walking home and these were just laying out on the street.  I think they were slats in a bed, maybe?  Anyway, they’re nice…

Copper Plating onto Zinc

Copper Plating onto Zinc

You win some, You lose some. This is actually a post about a failure to achieve what I was trying to do, but it’s an…

A New Workbench

A New Workbench

Story Time. So, in Los Angeles I lived in this comically tiny studio apartment.  There, I did all my projects on this 3′ x 3′…

A DVD jacket for The Long Apology

A DVD jacket for The Long Apology

A Little While Ago, I produced a film with some friends of mine called The Long Apology.  We’re nearing the end of post-production, and it’s…