The Maker

Ty Nelson

Engineer-adjacent. Perpetually curious. Usually in the garage.

It started with my dad's drill. I was a kid who needed to know how things worked — not just that they worked, but how. That curiosity never left.

Over the years it's taken me through engineering-adjacent work that lives somewhere between deeply technical and clean simple design — technical enough to understand how, creative enough to care about the why.

These days making things is how I fill the creative bucket, quiet the ADD, and prove to myself that I can still turn an idea into something real. I work mostly out of my garage — but don't be surprised if a project follows me to the kitchen table at midnight, or over to a local maker shop when the right tool calls for it.

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Engineer at Heart

Everything gets taken apart before it gets built. Understanding how something works is the first step to making it better — or making something new entirely.

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Creative by Necessity

Making things isn't just a hobby — it's a creative outlet, a focus tool, and a way to show up for the part of the brain that needs to be building something at all times.

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Garage to Kitchen Table

No single workspace defines the work. The garage is home base, the kitchen table runs a close second, and the local maker shop fills the gaps. The project goes where it needs to go.

Let's Make Something

See the Work

Lamps, rattles, murder mystery dinners — and more from the workshop of Wes Creager.

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