Behind an unfamiliar piece of hardware are hands trying to make something happen. Cardboard, loose controls, and a little imagination can turn a workbench into a place for unlikely inventions.
Daryl Wehner
Daryl follows curious ideas from the workbench to the wider world, writing about people, devices, and the places they meet.
The stories
A small carving gives you a reason to return to a familiar table. Grain, unfinished edges, and the feel of wood in the hand can keep a personal project interesting across many ordinary evenings.
A clean drawing can make a complicated plan seem settled. Following the paths on the page reveals the space still missing between its boxes, from the place someone waits to the door they need to open.
Glass towers and concrete passages belong to the same city, though we often describe them separately. Looking at the spaces between buildings brings the ordinary work of arrival, waiting, and passage into view.
The first encounter with a device is full of small discoveries. A hand finds a control, a response arrives, and an unfamiliar object becomes something a person can play with.