Life is a Journey
OCTOBER 29, 2007
The opening is reception is April 18 2008
Life is truly a journey and mine seems to be ever continuing, simply taking me along for the ride. My brother, myself and a dear friend John Tetz have just been given a museum show, to display some of our handmade machines, and art.
My brother and I have been tinkering with HPV’S (Human Powered Vehicles) now for about sixteen years; it’s been an all-consuming passion. Human power combined with a most irreverent take towards bicycle. You must remember the basic diamond shape bike has not changed much in some one hundred years. Tom is a lawyer by trade and is very good with gears and making things work, sort of the motor guy. I am pretty good at welding and making shapes and shells, as well as the company test pilot.
My brother and I have been tinkering with HPV’S (Human Powered Vehicles) now for about sixteen years; it’s been an all-consuming passion. Human power combined with a most irreverent take towards bicycle. You must remember the basic diamond shape bike has not changed much in some one hundred years. Tom is a lawyer by trade and is very good with gears and making things work, sort of the motor guy. I am pretty good at welding and making shapes and shells, as well as the company test pilot.
Twenty years of tinkering with human power
John Tetz in his art studio,note the mobiles above.
All metal work is done in his attic workshop
We have had a lot of fun both building and riding in these machines. We have become sort of the town eccentrics I guess. But with sweet crude oil not hitting one hundred dollars a barrel, there seems to be a little more interest, in a machine that can get twenty-five miles to a banana. Oil is a non- renewable energy folks, which, means we should start thinking of renewable alternatives fast. An HPV for 5-10 mile local hops is ideal, and it’s not just about gas and leaving a carbon footprint. Getting around the neighborhood
Using human power makes you feel good, and it’s a cheap way to say fit. The riding has greatly improved my creative flow that oxygenated blood does wonders for the old grey matter.
Using human power makes you feel good, and it’s a cheap way to say fit. The riding has greatly improved my creative flow that oxygenated blood does wonders for the old grey matter.
The Old Tiki Streamliner,now somewhat retired
Just completed "Surf Beach Delux" the book is out!
Surf Beach my current work is the columniation of these influences put into the from a fantasy appearing in book form
http://www.lulu.com/content/1261129 Zen, recycling and hotrods. Not sure if the book is even finished, but I need to move on. A place where thinking young and getting old is no sin.
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