My Brother, the Maker

I get a kick out of my younger brother; I think because our brains work in such similar ways.  We are both makers. He is more of an inventor.  I am more interested in the decorative arts.

Looking at his blog tonight I saw this alteration he made to some exercise machine at his house.  He used pvc pipe to make this iPad holder.

I was amused seeing that because of what I did to my own machine.  It is a desk on my treadmill made out of a board and exercise bands.  (Hehehehe...at least those exercise bands get used for something!)  We got the same outcome; multitask with media as you work out. 



















Here are some other fun things he has come up with.

A hands free iPod movie viewer he created just for his own use.

A hand carved wand for his daughter, a la the one from Harry Potter.  It even has a strand of his wife's hair inside, as the Harry Potter one has a strand of mother's hair inside as well.

A giant Monopoly set that he created and assembled from disparate places.  (He's selling that one on eBay, by the way.)

A hammered dulcimer.

A viking hat for a baby.  LOL.

I don't know where we both got that desire to make things.  Our parents were business people; not really makers.  But the two of us definitely are always working on something.