Q3: @MakersHour
What got you into your creative field? Did someone teach you, are you self-taught, or, both?
A3: Lego, and wanting toys that I either could not find, or afford to buy.
I was encouraged by my parents to make toys, but for woodwork I was initially taught by a carpenter on one of Dad’s building sites when I was really far too little to be there. It was safer that I was left playing in wood shavings than metal, bricks, and cement. The carpenter taught me to cut wood and use a hole saw to cut out wheels to make toy cars. From there I was mostly self taught but then studied engineering, welding and furniture making, among other building trade skills.