The PAD Studiotory

Where I make things.
A creative makerspace, art studio, and laboratory — all in one.

PAD Studiotory is a portmanteau and a philosophy. Part studio, part laboratory, part sanctuary — it's the physical space where I experiment, tinker, build, and develop new work. The name reflects what I believe: that making things by hand is itself a contemplative practice, and that a creative space should feel like both a workshop and a place of rest.

Right now, the Studiotory is home to two active creative directions that bring me childlike joy.

Lectio Aquatica

Contemplative aquascape as living scripture.

Lectio divina — sacred reading — is a centuries-old practice of reading slowly, receptively, waiting for a word or image to rise and speak. Lectio Aquatica applies that same posture to an aquascape: a living, carefully composed underwater landscape of stone, wood, water, and plant.

The aquascape is the text. The practice is observation — unhurried, non-extractive, present. What moves? What holds still? Where does the eye want to rest, and why?

I'm developing Lectio Aquatica as both a personal contemplative discipline and a shareable framework — a way of inviting people to slow down through a living, breathing thing rather than a page.

My current focus is "On Solid Rock" to contemplate Luke 46-49.

AER

Modular, accessible, living wall art.

AER is a modular air plant display system — handcrafted wall-mounted pieces made from wood, mounted with air plants, and magnets for tool-free installation.

No drilling. No soil. No complicated care routines. Just living art that installs in seconds and rearranges whenever you want.

AER is built by hand, in small batches, out of the Studiotory.