Worlds collide.

I was a professional bicycle mechanic for thirty years.

I’ve been a lifelong drummer.

Here’s where my passions intersected several years ago.

Bicycle patch practice pad, with its very own presentation box.

Oversized truck tube patches for the playing surface (I used three, layered on top of each other; the two inside had their edges trimmed away in order to lay better under the top patch). Repurposed scrap wood, old bike industry and music ephemera and packing material were used for the pad and the presentation box.

Probably the weirdest thing I’ve ever made, and I’m glad I did.