I am 27 year old designer, carpenter, fabricator.

Currently on the road in North America, I’ll end up living in Canada at some point in the next month. I lived in London for the past 3 years, previously in Bristol and Amsterdam. I grew up in rural Somerset.

I like to think that I'm a very open minded person and love to talk away into the early hours with new and interesting people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share in a paradigm for enabling travel in a more sustainable, lower waste way

Interests

I am interested in all aspects of art and design, I work on many of my own projects including a clothing brand and a zine. I'm particularly interested in bridging the gap between hard sustainability focus and mainstream consumer focused design.

I also skate and cycle a lot, I build bikes for myself and also to sell. As an environmentally conscious person, I made the decision 6 years ago to cease travelling by plane, and have travelled all over Europe since with only my bicycle and a few trains.

In the past I was very engaged in the early watercooled vw scene, having built a few cars and collected a lot of rare parts and accessories. I am a good mechanic and always maintained my own cars before giving up driving

Currently riding motorcycles through North America with my brother!

• design
• graphic design
• fashion
• modern art
• music festivals
• cooking
• reading
• cars
• painting
• drawing
• woodworking
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• climbing
• graffiti
• carving
• bike repair
• car repair
• bike design

Music, Movies, and Books

Dub reggae:- Brain damage, phaeleh, Gorgon sound, brother culture, dubstuy etc.

Hip-hop/rap:- The pharcyde, souls of mischief, gasoline, a tribe called quest, MF doom, Kendrick lamar, Mac miller etc.

Sci-Fi:- Phillip K dick, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke etc

Phsychology/philosophy:- John C. Lilley, Luicius Rhinehart, Nietzsche, Plato etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossed the pyranees by bike, wild camping all the way

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach wood/stone carving, Arduino, Adobe suite, solidworks, rhino 5, automotive mechanics, bicycle repair

I would love to learn languages, local cuisine, music production, extreme sports

Share a conversation, some homecooked food

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, cooking, sharing nightlife, skate sessions, teaching wood/stone carving...

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Kingdom