Friends build real castle from scratch with simple tools only by Kirsten Dirksen on June 12, 2022 Reality can beat the building frenzy in Minecraft, as seen in Guédelon Castle: in 1997, in a forest two hours …
End of shop class, and what it means for (most-needed) manual trades by Nicolás Boullosa on March 16, 2022 In the summer of 2006, Mathew B. Crawford had the urge to explain what was happening to “shop class” across …
Moved into airplane hangar. Now fabricates whimsical vehicles by Kirsten Dirksen on March 14, 2022 Non-tangible menial work alienates, whereas learning a trade can bring (meaningful) joy. Mark Atkinson turned his passion into work as …
Vocational builder designs unique tiny home from old RV by Kirsten Dirksen on September 10, 2017 When Joe Weissbeck lost his property in 2009, he began converting a rundown RV- purchased for $350- into a one-of-a-kind …
Couldn’t find his dream popup micro-camper, built it instead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 7, 2017 Jurgen Jas makes things- a mini Smart bike/car for his nephew, a fully-furnished mini-camper for another, a backyard workshop and …
SC hobbyist on building DIY geodesic mobile dwelling for 7K by Kirsten Dirksen on July 31, 2016 Hobbyist Michael R Weekes believes that tiny homemakers haven’t gone far enough “to do more with less”, so using the ideas …
$150 bike camper: DIY micro mobile home (plans to download) by Kirsten Dirksen on December 6, 2015 Paul Elkins makes things: driveable plastic cars, tipis, treehouses, fluted-plastic boats and many micro-shelters. He made his first micro-RV a …
Oregon surfboard pioneer on the art of sculpting smart boards by Kirsten Dirksen on May 19, 2014 Lanny Shuler learned to shape a surfboard at age 7 out of necessity. Over a decade later he was doing …
An original maker: Paul Elkins, Pacific Northwest polymath by Kirsten Dirksen on February 18, 2013 Paul Elkins has always loved to doodle; when he turned 8 years old his mother bought him his first serious …
Log cabin simplicity: recrafting pioneer tiny homes in Iowa by Kirsten Dirksen on January 22, 2013 In 2007, Paul Cutting was finishing college and a bit lost: “nowhere closer to figuring out the purpose of my …
