I suppose I should start by saying this: I'm not really sure what this place is yet, but it is something now. It’s taken a while to get to this point. Life has been practical for a long time — filled with fixes, builds, side quests, and the kind of quiet work that doesn’t always show up on the surface. But now I’ve landed in a new space, literally and creatively, and Quiet Idiot is officially becoming… an artist.
This site is going to be home base for the strange blend of things I work on. It might look a little chaotic at times — photography, 3D printing, electronics, welding, bread-making, maybe some aluminium casting if I don’t burn down the shed — but it all connects in the same way I do. If I had to describe what this place is, I guess it’s a lab, a workshop, a journal, and maybe a slightly chaotic gallery.
Photography has been on hold for too long. It used to be a major creative outlet for me, but somewhere along the way I had to turn my focus toward practical stuff — fixing, surviving, making, learning. But now the camera’s back out. The lens is cleaned. And I’ve got things I want to show you.
I’m currently juggling a bunch of projects — building, designing, testing ideas. I’ll be posting about what’s working (and what’s absolutely not), especially when it comes to hands-on stuff like 3D printing custom parts, tinkering with electronics, and upcycling junk into something surprising. You might see some weird experiments with casting metal. You might see sourdough or ginger beer. You might even see a hand-welded sculpture that makes no sense but just feels right. That’s kind of the point.
Quiet Idiot is not about showing off polished work. It’s not about pretending to be a professional anything. It’s about sharing the process. Some of it will be beautiful. Some of it will be ugly. But all of it will be real.
I don’t really want to get political — the internet has enough of that. But I’m also deeply interested in philosophy, psychology, meaning-making, and sometimes that bleeds through. If it shows up here, it’s only because it’s part of the process of being human, especially one trying to make something honest in a noisy world.
So if you’ve found your way here — welcome. Thanks for being curious. Quiet Idiot is a bit of an experiment, like most things in my life. But it’s underway now. And that’s exciting.
More soon, Quiet Idiot
