Category: Design
The Importance of Understanding Scope, and How to Plan for the Unforeseen
Estimating a project is a learned skill akin to becoming a Sorcerer Supreme. To be honest, I am not even…
The Pinto in a Room of Porsches: Reinterpreting a Classic
I had a pretty exciting challenge given to me. Take a book that has appeared on a list of banned…
It started with a bust: Working with more than 1’s and 0’s and following the rules
It started with a bust. Bust A Move, sponsored by the Fort Wayne Derby Girls and Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana,…
30 Days of Creativity: Day 1 – Organizing my first event
June is turning out to be full of excitement. I have had 2 pieces accepted to a local cafe to…
Lifted: It was bound to happen sometime.
It’s been a busy few weeks, so I won’t bother anyone with excuses. Needless to say, their are times when…
In which I thank the cast of One Knight Wonders: Breaking out of your comfort zone (or “How to learn to crack your own shell”)
I’m performing improv for the first time in 20 years. I am full of butterflies. Not only am I performing…
Cultivate your own garden, Pangloss!
My wife and I were talking, as a couple is want to do on a night like tonight, about how…
Controlling your own rudder: We few. We happy few.
I turned 40 last summer. It was kind of a non-event for a milestone birthday really. We were in the…
Time to start the verbin’, and end the nounin’
I found a piece that I started a few years ago when eldest was 3. Too be honest, it was…
Adrift at sea. Finding your sea legs
Sometimes, the best time to find yourself is when you’re lost at sea. The waves are crashing down on you….
Self portrait (Or other things that I have found that bring me true fullfillment)
There are a lot of differing opinions on what happiness is. For the most part, people have this idea that…
A new piece. A new member of the family.
This piece is for the newest memer of the TikiKitchen Design Clan. Please welcome Hal into our tiki ranks. Dogwood….