# @southbendtools on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B_3Kr8DJuLW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21581382-southbendtools-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-05-06T21:45:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** South Bend Tools Company (@southbendtools) — https://gondola.cc/southbendtools

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Thank you worksbysolo for sharing your story and supporting South Bend Tools!

Posted withregram • worksbysolo Day 1 & Day 2 #mayformakers An intro to me and my garage/shop.
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Let’s start at the beginning... I was born on a cold winter day in 1962... Okay so, skipping a few years... I always made art. Yes, drawing and painting, but I consider any form of creative making to be art. From a young age I would draw things from my imagination. Those pictures were art, but they were also plans for things that I wanted to build.

I was mostly a vocational student in high school. Metal shop, wood shop, art, yearbook staff, photography, and graphic art (we had an old printing press at school). I have a BFA degree (CCS in Detroit) majoring in commercial art and photography. I feel very fortunate to say that I’ve been a professional commercial artist my whole career.

After working for a couple art studios, I incorporated my own company in 1993. I’ve done mostly automotive advertising artwork, up until about three years ago.

So, here I am now in my home shop. I love vintage machines and tools, plus digital fabrication. I’m building things, learning things, sharing ideas, and best of all... enjoying this wonderful Maker Community! Thanks plsmithed for starting this challenge. 😀
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#makersgottamake

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