Inch Worms on the Deck
This event remains crystallized in my mind like a fly in amber, and may have not been what happened at all… Elise and I had just finished constructing the first all metal tube bead cutter on her deck, when we …
Category: Techniques
Deconstructing Skinner
When I started to plan the sequence of innovation-based articles for this site, the task seemed daunting since there were so many events to choose from. That led me to reread Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book, “Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of …
More Nonpareils
Coining new words is not my specialty, but the last three posts on this site seemed to demand a descriptive term for the tiny, hand formed polymer balls used by Lori, Amy, Cynthia, Pier and others. For the purpose of …
Lizardo Diablo
It’s not everybody who gets fascinated by lizards. What’s to account for such tastes? Amy Zinman was always a pushover for rescue animals, but most of those have been the predictable dogs and cats. So what was her entry into the world …
Corny Connections
Having given birth to this website exactly a month ago, and having nursed it through its formative days, I’ve gained some unexpected rewards. To get the site up and running, I’ve had to review thousands of slides that had been …