I grew up on a farm, developing an early interest in things: how they were made and how they worked. When I was 5, a mill was built to clean dichondra seed. I spent all my time following the man who came to connect all of the machines with different means of conveying the various materials. This involved bucket elevators, augers, airlifts, conveyer belts and vibrating pipes. Riveting. Later, running the mill, driving various machines to mow, plow, thrash and operating a wheat combine, these fueled a life-long fascination with things.
I also watched my father and uncle make home-made light fixtures for the annual Farm Bureau County Fair booth. This led to a small theater in our old garage, complete with a lighting truss hung on pulleys and a wood box fitted with household dimmers. Next came a theater major in college (lighting and set design), then to New York City where I designed for theater, dance, fashion shows, industrial and night clubs, film, commercials and TV. Later in life, I started a company, FABULUX, to design and fabricate lighting fixtures, finally uniting my loves of light and making things.
Having a shop also let me dabble in woodworking (learned from my father). Having a business, pushed my interest in graphic design, for catalogs, advertisements, postcards, etc.
Now somewhat retired, I get to work at many things. Renovating apartments lets me indulge in lighting, woodworking and interior design all at once. Doing more graphic design has led to t-shirt design. Fabulous.
