"Making things that become part of someone's creative life."
I am an architect whose work has gradually expanded into woodworking, instrument making, music, and other forms of visual expression. Looking back, I don’t see these as separate interests anymore. They all come from the same desire to transform ideas, emotions, and observations into something tangible. Through understanding materials and the process of making, I create objects and experiences that can exist beyond myself and become part of someone else’s life—whether through use, interaction, or creative expression.
Architecture taught me how to think about structure, construction, and turning ideas into physical objects. But building my first instrument, the Apprehension Engine, changed the way I looked at making. Until then, I had no experience in instrument making or even music. What fascinated me wasn't only that pieces of wood could produce sound, but that something I had made with my own hands could be picked up by someone else and used to express themselves, create, and experience music. That realization made me want to keep creating.
From there, woodworking became a much bigger part of my life. I learned traditional hand-tool techniques while building furniture and everyday objects, set up a small workshop at home, and discovered Kumiko, a Japanese woodworking technique that challenged me to work with greater precision while designing my own jigs and tools. At the same time, music slowly became just as important. I started learning music theory, songwriting, sound design, and recording, often using the instruments I had built myself. Later, building wooden tongue drums deepened my interest in the relationship between material, construction, and sound.
Alongside my work with physical objects and instruments, I have always explored other ways of expressing myself through drawing, writing, photography, video, and more recently, music and songwriting. These forms of expression are often more intuitive and personal—a way of collecting ideas, references, and experiences while gradually discovering my own visual and creative language.
Through this process, I transform thoughts and emotions into lyrics, music, and sound; observations into sketches and drawings; and fragments of images, videos, and memories into new forms of expression. These experiments become part of an ongoing archive that supports my creative journey and helps me communicate ideas that cannot always be expressed through words or objects alone.
Today, I approach every project with the same curiosity that started it all: creating something meaningful that can connect with others. Whether it is an instrument, an object, or another form of creative expression, what motivates me is the possibility that something I create can become part of someone else's experience. I want to continue growing as a maker and create work that invites people to experience, interact, and create.