 I still consider what I do a trade, I'm a tradesman, craftsman, but even a painter is a tradesman and a craftsman. Everybody's different anyways. I think any maker deserves its own respect. What makes me different is me, the way I do things. We're in the humble shop in my backyard. A little shop that could. This is where the machinery is kept. This is where it gets dusty. This is where you get really dirty. This is where it gets loud. And this is where the chips fly. The next step is firing up the machine. Let's do it. So I'm Marcel and I use machinery and software to customize products for clients such as signage, furniture, wall art, you name it. It's functional art. Craftsman, you've got to have the know-how and the knowledge. And the artist, you've got to have the creativity to apply to the know-how and the knowledge. And maybe try different things. And I think I'm addicted to trying different things. And the artist is kind of taking over the craftsman and I'm constantly learning. Okay. As a kid I drew. And then that really took a pause for a long time. But I worked a full-time job as a machinist programmer and did theater part-time to kind of have that feeling of I'm doing something. And then I was just exhausted with life. I didn't have a balance in my life. I was always in the shop, which after, you know, 13 years in the machine shops and machine shops. Okay. More than this, right? That's it. I started my own thing. It started off as Chikurdi boards and small stuff. And then as you start learning more, my background's metal, but I started applying those techniques to wood. And it grew into coffee tables, dining tables, office tables, harvest tables, benches, furniture, 12-foot signs, art. It's kind of jumbling everything that I've learned in the last three years and finally creating a space for myself that I'm proud of. So I have a three-axis machine. And I get all these X and Y coordinates. And then I'll profile the table with the software. And then I'll draw arcs and splines to create that natural flow of those X and Y positions. But it's kind of got to all flow. Here's your points, turned into splines, and then turned into a river table. I'm using the natural flow of the wood following the grains. Basically, you did what the wood was telling me to do, right? A lot of X and Y coordinates. And then I save that on a USB stick and I run it on my machine. So it starts here, and then you get dirty out there. It's loud. It's dusty. I got earmuffs on. I got, say, eyeglasses on. And I got a mask respirator thing on out there. I got ventilation. I put on my work clothes. I was climbing around. So it's work. When I'm machining it flat, it's when the tool starts skimming the surface, you start really seeing the grain pop. And then you're on the journey towards the end result, right? You're seeing it now. And that's what it's all about. You can't buy this stuff at IKEA. It's just there's no rules anymore. And that's the beautiful thing about this furniture making is it's big and there's no rules to it. It's like art. I've done signs, but this is actually art, right? But it's applying sign technology to art now. It is rewarding. It gives me purpose. I feel like I'm doing something. And the best part is when it's all done. And you can sit there and pick something apart that you've touched every square inch of it with your bare hands. But at the end of the day it's if you put in the quality, the work hours and you deliver it and the customers happy, what more could you ask for? Dealing with wood and what dealing with making stuff for people has brought me more involved in my surroundings. You know, and it's made me involved in community. I can walk downtown for a coffee. I see a lot of my own signage. I see a lot of clients. I talk to a lot of people. I see a lot of beer taps. I see a lot of legacy rings. It's just there. You know, it's been a lot of years and a lot of my stuff's downtown here in Guel. I think I finally did something for myself with all this stuff here. I think my house and my shop, they're turning into my favorite things. I'm just a success story within myself. You know, I was unhappy for a long time. And I kind of changed and geared what I was good at into something more enjoyable about life. And I'm still figuring it out. I'm extremely happy. Extremely happy. Extremely happy. I get challenged every day. I get to be creative. I get to meet people, constantly learning. And the best part is I'm laughing most of the time along the way. Yes, I'm the happiest ever been.