Someone special to me shared this heartrendingly sexy poem by Stephanie Burt. There are occasionally perfect things in the world, and I want to share this one with you. ❤️‍🔥

I’ve been on the long road back to the States, not making much except new friends, but here’s a cool thing from an old friend I’m staying with in the UK, @orangetronic.bsky.social - a drone motor with magnets and a capacitive grip sensor for inducing harmonics from strings! 😍🫠

Tbf cultivating an entirely new blacksmithing shop from scratch on a different continent was NOT a priority for the year, but I have really missed forging. Not more than I miss my own shop I guess. 😂

Love that the pot on this fan makes it easy to pan from oxidizing to reducing, idk if you can see:

Of all the forges I’ve assembled this one has fought me the most for control. Certainly it’s had the most complex set of psychosocial/environmental variables but a forced air brickpile is a hair(dryer)’s brea(d)th from a campfire. 🤷‍♀️ Only took a YEAR to dial it in, just in time to return to the US 🤦‍♀️

Doodlin’ a memory of a D.S. Walter painting outside the botanical garden at a cute cafe. A palimpsest. A very sweet server stopped to see what I was doing and they ended up sitting to join for a lovely chat about their own animation work and the reasons we draw. I love queer people so much. 🥰🏳️‍⚧️🌈

Storage area in the back of an escape room; Alton, IL; 2 months, ‘23

Basement climbing cave v2; Honor, MI; 3 months, ‘23

Basement climbing cave v1; Honor, MI; 1 year, ‘23-‘24

6 meter bell tent; Mt Molloy, QLD, Australia; 7 months, ‘24

2005 Toyota Sienna; USA; 4 months, ‘22-‘23

Idk if interior design counts as something I “make” but I love for my living spaces to feel cozy, and these have been some good ones for me:

Guest bedroom; Mt Molloy, QLD, Australia; 2 months, ‘24-‘25

A little XXXmas present. Reclaimed from the town’s logging mill, circa 1900’s. Can’t beat the feel of heritage steel. 😘

Its final home at the CWA hall in bustling downtown Mt Molloy. Fun fact: this photo contains only one cis person by volume, shared between us 🏳️‍⚧️💖

Here’s something you won’t see on my Insta - the update on that mosaic I showed us working on that we installed months ago!