Headshot of a 60+ year-old man wearing glasses and smiling, head slightly tilted to the right.Benjamin

Making stuff

Physically creating things has been an important counterpoint to all that “sitting in front of computers”.

Pale wooden IKEA spice racks lying on a grey tile floor in an interleaved arrangement
An airer hanging in a glassed-in space. it has wooden brackets and white metal rods and is hanging from ropes and pulleys.
A square representation of a white keyboard key with the command symbol on it hanging on a wall in a room with other pictures, shelves, a desk and a computer
A deep framed set of 3 small chunks of concrete arranged one above the other. There is a caption that reads BERLIN WALL with several dates
A set of 6 small mounted prints of silhouettes of trees arranged on a green cutting board on a table
A plywood bird box sitting on a Black and Decker Workmate in a leafy garden
Top down view of a freshly varnished wooden valet stand standing on a dust sheet on a wooden floor
A stack of crockery on a bevel-edged placemat with some cutlery
Some wooden components which are parts of a coat and shoe rack under construction lying on a laminate wood floor.