Since I was a kid, I loved movies and I loved monsters and fantasy and science fiction. I loved how they looked and how they made me feel, whether it was scary or funny or exhilarating, it made me feel something that I couldn’t find easily in my life. One Read more…
This year I made a couple of Halloween Decorations to add to our collection. One was a project I found on YouTube and the other was completely out of my own imagination. Both made me happy and were fun projects to complete! The first one was from Van Oaks Props, Read more…
My lovely wife was visiting with a family friend and I wandered through the room and one of them asked, “Could you make something like this?” and showed me a picture of something off Pinterest. I looked at it and said, Sure! So, I did. The original showed a very Read more…
Some months ago, I ran across a robot that I thought looked cool that would be fun to paint. The name of the artist is Paul Braddock. Initially I found him here. But, it’s a resin model that isn’t available and costs $170 for the model, which was more than Read more…
This story, like many good stories, starts with an unexpected find. Christina texted me one day back at the end of May: If your awesome partner ever asks if you need a hand puppet in your life and it’s a gosh danged Muppet, the answer is yes! She found this Read more…
In The Beginning… I recently decided I wanted to make my own LED sign. But, that only make sense with some background. During my senior year of college, I was placed on a senior project team. We worked with a mentor to complete a project in our final semester. Pretty Read more…
Christina came to me and showed me a Welcome sign she liked and asked if I could make her one. I looked at it and thought: “Yup! I can do that!” So, I did! This was one of those awesome moments as a Maker where you look at a project Read more…
This post isn’t about a particular project, rather it’s a summary post about a few smaller projects that I’ve been working on that didn’t seem worth individual posts per project. The first project was a second batch of my little robots from a prior project. I had given a few Read more…
One of my goals for a while now has been to be able to take something from idea all the way through to creating a tangible, physical object using something like Blender for visualization/modeling and 3d printing the results and then painting. My initial idea was either a robot or Read more…
This is a fun project because I got to build something with a collaborator and that collaborator is my daughter, Laurel Mossor! Laurel is completing her Master’s degree in Social Work (“with a concentration in practice and leadership with communities and organizations”!!) from Portland State University. She’s also has played Read more…