Hey I live on a sailboat and travel around a lot. Work seasonally and sporadically with the tools I carry on my boat. I'm an artist and a musician. Open minded and laid back. I travel around a lot and am always looking to meet people and make new friends wherever I am. Come hang out, go on a day sail, hop up the coast a ways. What's the best thing about your town?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

MaKing friends and surfing couches.

Interests

Playing the guitar, building things, playing the violin, swimming, fishing, hiking, sleeping outside, history, architecture, eating, surfing, spearfishing, lounging in hammocks, reading, sailing

• animals
• architecture
• crafts
• boating
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• guitar
• violin
• fishing
• hiking
• surfing
• sailing
• swimming
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Townes Van Zandt, Old And in the Way, Mississippi John Hurt, Andrew Birds Bowl of Fire, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, Jolie Holland, Vetiver, Fire on Fire, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, The Incredible String Band, Le Loupe.

Books
Tinkers by Paul Harding, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck, Invisible Cities Italo Calvino, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I just finished working on a cool project in Poland. Me and a crew of people rebuilt a 17th century polish synagogue which is now in the permanent exhibit at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. We stared out with 300 freshly cut spruce trees and an arsenal of axes, turned round longs into square logs and joined everything together with mechanical joints bound together by oak pegs. We then moved onto painting the cathedral ceiling using ground raw earth pigments bound with hot hide glue to paint the entire interior with elaborate interwoven designs of flowers, vines, animals text and geometric designs. Look up Gwozdziec Synagogue on the google to see pictures.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want to make stuff out of wood, clay, metal or anything I can probably help you out. I like to spend my free time researching traditional crafts and craft processes, learning from other people and just making stuff. I get really exited about making things and I love to share and teach.

I also work as a teacher teaching southeastern polish distemper painting, which is a medieval painting technique that was a precursor to oil painting, commonly used for interior decoration of religious buildings in europe.

Oh and I play the guitar, violin and blow on the harmonica. If you want a lesson of some entertainment.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bahamas, Poland