Replacing Stairs at Home

Over the winter, the bottom step of the precarious stairs at our back door rotted away…. After being “repaired” by a couple cinder blocks, it looked like this:   Seeing as stairs are one of my favourite design challenges, I took it upon myself to make some steel...

Scrap Metal Pot Holders

Scrap metal has always had a special place in my heart since the first time I set foot in the metalworking shop in Art School. I used to go through other artist’s junk piles and make sculptures only from scrap so I wouldn’t have to buy materials.  I found the creative...

Canning Wild Salmon

Living on the West Coast of British Columbia has its benefits. One of my favourites stems from the over abundance of wild food.  Every year, I am fortunate enough to have too much salmon in my freezer at this time of year. January, February and March are the months I...