That was brilliant.
And that's it for this quarter.
Alright, folks, we will see you next time.
I always liked making things, like playing music or writing stories.
Furniture was something I thought maybe I could make money off out of all the things.
I worked with reclaimed materials because making someone's garbage into something useful and giving them life.
I started recycling because at school, when I was in school, there was a big can full of people's wood.
So I just started using it.
And I told my parents and they told me these Japanese techniques.
It's called Yosegi, which is the same idea, using a different species of wood and making a big board or something like that.
I want to learn other techniques as well.
My influence would be mostly mid-century modern Scandinavian designers.
Fin Newell from Denmark, Dieter Rams from Germany.
Those people designs are very simple.
Those simple lines tend to be timeless.
My process is I have a vague idea of shape and you have to sketch it out.
And I think the most important thing is the proportions.
I use 3D programs on computers, such as SketchUp.
And after that, real things come to life.
I DJ here every Saturday and it's a big part of me, I guess, because my friends are very inspirational to me as well.
It's a place like this to get those people together to me and you have to have those kind of connections
or a little bit of a sense of community or a little bit of a fun time.
Just hang out and talk about nothing.
I've been in Canada since I was 16.
I miss Japan the most.
Obviously, my family and friends.
My parents are inspirational because my dad has lots of hobbies, creating stuff like remote control cars or motor airplanes.
To me, he's a strange charismatic person that the world should know, but he's not known.
My dad passed away about two months ago.
To me, he's a great inspiration.
My mom also does lots of creative things like Ikebana, which is a Japanese flower arrangement and those kinds of things.
I realize it's in my blood that I get joy from making stuff.
