I had a couple of really cool things happen to me today that I wanted to share. First, as you can see above, I reached 1,000 followers on Instagram! Considering that I can’t tie my public awareness to any major films, television shows, hit records or even a shout out from my local newspaper, that’s really pretty damn good! If you’re not following me on IG, get on there and find out what all the fun is about! You get to see tons of in-progress shots and little video clips of me makin’ the marbles do their magic.

Secondly, remember that little bit up there about public awareness? Well, that’s changing! Right around the same moment that a guy on IG with the user name “highheeledchicken” was tapping the “Follow” icon, a web site called The Metagrobologist was featuring me on their web site! Metagrobology is the study of puzzles, so the site is all about studying and having fun with puzzles. Since there are many mechanical puzzles that are also very artful, and since my work contains puzzle-like features at times (“Can you figure out which track the marbles are going to take based on the various switches and paths that are available?) they felt it was a good fit. They called my work “amazing,” and “Really cool!” right here! It’s a pretty fun web site, and they take their puzzles both fun and seriously, both of which I can relate to very well! Stop in and have a look!