Wizard Workshops

Wizard Workshops

Based in Dreamspace gallery, Gisborne, New Zealand aka 'Middle Earth' ever since the Lord of the Rings movies were set here, Wizard Workshops is a new school and 'folk factory' of arts and crafts, philosophy and 'alt enterprise', dedicated to the Art and crafts Renaissance, and more widely to the 'True West' - our Civilization at its best, i.e. a 'Minas Tirith' of liberty, justice, truth, and dynamic evolution into the 'Possible Human' and preservation of a truly noble culture.
Peter Harris, founder of Dreamspace limited, original builder of Cafe Eutopia, wrote a (free) ebook 'How to be a Wizard', subtitled 'How Life is magical, and we are too'.
Wizard Workshops is taking that conviction in 3D to people coming to Dreamspace for the Workshops, and virtually worldwide thanks to KZread. Subscribe and enjoy!
Based in Gisborne, New Zealand. website www.dreamspace.nz, on Facebook @DreamspaceGalleryandworkshops

An improvised power rasp

An improvised power rasp

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  • @Andrewatnanz
    @Andrewatnanz7 күн бұрын

    I gonna try this trick for speaker boxes !

  • @alanwhitaker7919
    @alanwhitaker791911 күн бұрын

    Did you get it covered in cement/sand? Would love to see how it turned out.

  • @senseuall
    @senseuallАй бұрын

    Cheers to writing books and drinking coffee 😊

  • @yukkosuomenen7
    @yukkosuomenen72 ай бұрын

    Wizard Handyman!

  • @sewingcotutorials
    @sewingcotutorials2 ай бұрын

    Magic 😍

  • @iliketurtles4463
    @iliketurtles44632 ай бұрын

    Whats your drug of choice?

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia2 ай бұрын

    Good coffee and getting into the flow state :)

  • @WarrenHill-tl9tf
    @WarrenHill-tl9tf2 ай бұрын

    You should have over a million subscribers!!

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia2 ай бұрын

    Sorry about the sound... There may be a retake... Rosie insisted!

  • @ButterflyMatt
    @ButterflyMatt2 ай бұрын

    Production quality is forgiven. Thanks for inviting us to your table.

  • @francoisbouvier7861
    @francoisbouvier78612 ай бұрын

    You can never get enough of that KIWI knowledge. The accent doesn't hurt.

  • @BarbieTheWelder
    @BarbieTheWelder2 ай бұрын

    Just found you fell immediately in love and cannot wait to meet you someday my friend I really enjoy your videos! Happy Welding!🫶🏻🤩

  • @tracyslough1721
    @tracyslough17212 ай бұрын

    A question about your potential class. Would it be a conversation about ideas or a download. If it’s a two way street then sign me up! Love your content, thanks for sharing

  • @LucifurVanGohl
    @LucifurVanGohl2 ай бұрын

    You are the wizardy king of youtube! Good work i like the finished staff

  • @cruisinid
    @cruisinid3 ай бұрын

    The information on this channel is inspiring! I would like to create a princess dress figure in the garden for flowers to climb up. Any suggestions?

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia3 ай бұрын

    Just saw your question.. yes, definitely could do an ethereal figure with chicken wire over rods or lengths of fencing wire stuck in the ground bent over and shaped. Lace together with lacing wire...

  • @donnamcelhinney9121
    @donnamcelhinney91214 ай бұрын

    Great idea - I want to seal the edges of some particle board (high density) treads that were used under carpet on stairs down to my basement. I ripped carpet off - was hoping to find some sort of wood. So, I want to just make these smooth on the ends (the tops are smooth and the risers are made out of wood) - and prime/paint/seal them. I was just going to use some joint compound - and then primer - but this makes more sense to me. Thanks for the tip!

  • @wiebkej
    @wiebkej4 ай бұрын

    Amazing! You just solved my problem about how to make rebar to reinforce my post foundation. So resourceful!

  • @marlojennings3409
    @marlojennings34094 ай бұрын

    Promo'SM ☺️

  • @Kiowan918
    @Kiowan9184 ай бұрын

    Dude, sort your audio out, can't hear a damn thing you said.

  • @nicholascohen852
    @nicholascohen8524 ай бұрын

    Brilliant! Great video. Ozzie ingenuity!

  • @tracyspringer558
    @tracyspringer5584 ай бұрын

    I have two good speakers but you do not speak loud enough,

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia4 ай бұрын

    It's the cicadas I think..sorry. I'm used to them! I'll have to look into wireless microphones...

  • @davidb7358
    @davidb73584 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Thanks so much for showing!

  • @user-vu1lb6qb3z
    @user-vu1lb6qb3z5 ай бұрын

    Equidistance know thyself p-funk Thinking Wright😊

  • @madbeef.
    @madbeef.5 ай бұрын

    Don't know how you did it with free panels, normally takes 12.

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia5 ай бұрын

    Haha 😂

  • @madbeef.
    @madbeef.5 ай бұрын

    @@wizardofeutopia thanks for being a good sport 😁

  • @senseuall
    @senseuall5 ай бұрын

    Very cool Peter! I use to see those piles of timber on the road and wanted to make something and here you are making away 😊

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia5 ай бұрын

    Yes I use them a lot...all our new shelves, I wood grain the library shelves and shellac them. And storage shelves and the partitions and inside walls. A garden shed too, clad with old corrogated iron...

  • @MAGnetICus_Attractus
    @MAGnetICus_Attractus5 ай бұрын

    ❤ I made one of those using $60 U.S. one dollar bills using origami and a little hot glue. Each bill weighs one gram so five equals a 5 gram pentagram. I found it interesting the shape of the individual bill represents the Compass, Square and Spirit level. Each star takes me 33(1/3) minutes to fold. I stuck a needle in one point of the star then used my foot powered wheel to play a phonograph record at roughly 33(1/3) RPM. you should bevel the edges of the cuts so it joins flush. 36° bevel i think. I know 6 is 30° and 8 is 22.5°. 4 sided Pyramids are 45° bevel.

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia5 ай бұрын

    Fascinating account, thanks for sharing. So the sound came out of the folded and glued shape...was it quite loud? Yes bevelled edges would be nice - though I'm planning to plaster the dodecahedron probably. That will make it waterproof for outdoors. If for indoors I'd go for plywood and bevel the edges...

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia5 ай бұрын

    PS looking forward to seeing how it feels to sit quietly and meditate in a dodecahedron:) And to learn more about that and other Platonic solids.

  • @MAGnetICus_Attractus
    @MAGnetICus_Attractus5 ай бұрын

    @@wizardofeutopia in my recent videos it is titled "necessity is the mother of all invention". I always confuse the star tetrahedron and dodecahedron. Like my Hex-O-Pod I'm not sure what to call the shape. I just know I weave a spider that can support my weight from a center point in between the gap of the top of the frame. My "UFO technology" video is the spider🕷 I use in the 🔯 shaped frame. In vortex math I use expressions like "Base 12 Step 7" when done correctly it looks like spokes of a bicycle wheel. 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 3, 10, 5, 12 is the dance around the clock face using Base 12 Step Seven. If you are after magnets remember the left hand rule and the right hand rule dictates the north and south poles. As above, so below. With a prime Base number like 5 you can Step by 6. With 6 rods you could could fish a line using 5 rods to keep the line held to your 5 perimeter holes. The sixth is your hub the line is weaved around. I know there is debate on the bible term of "Camel" being "Cable". Years ago I had a string theory then someone suggested I read Ezekiel after what they heard me describe. Last year I used a 2 ounce weight hanging from nylon string to fish soft iron wire thru my pipe dream. Older texts uses the word "Knops" with my dyslexia I red "Knobs" knot reel eye zing(not realizing)there was a difference. I subscribed to your channel a while back because of you bending rebar using long pipes. I show people how I use fishing hookS to overload a line for lifting heavy objects. Rebar makes nice hooks if tempered properly. Isaiah 22:22-25 holds the 🗝 of a lot of weight supported by a single nail. Like my Solomon harp titled "Sam Clams Disco" is 24 feet of 2×3 lumber sitting on a wine glass to amplify the vibrations of the six 46 gauge guitar strings. I'm debating on buying 12 more machine heads so I have 18 anchor knobs attached to the center knops. One day I'll drag it to the music store and test Cello bows to see what sound it makes. I know if I rest a glass of water on the center I can lightly strum a string and water will jump out of the over half empty glass. Without a resonator it sounds like a electric guitar with no amplifier. My wife was surprised how loud a 5 gram pentagram (plus needle w8) hanging from a string could be. She could hear it in the next room with the door closed. It took a lot of trail and error to weave the strange webs I weave. So with my dodecahedron I'm trying to map out the path a single thread could travel to interlock all 60 points not crossing paths more than once where 2 points junction 30 times. I used 2.2 grams of hot glue to secure all the points and it took 20 helium balloons from the dollar store to achieve lift off. The shape has many anchor points to maintain level flight. Sorry for being long winded. Look forward to seeing how your project turns out. Just remember 72° wedges make great corner supports that can be screwed together from the outside. 144° ,72° , 144° triangles .😁

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia5 ай бұрын

    That's a lot of ideas, much of which is suggestive of cool things though not clear to me.. your 24 ft guitar sounds amazing... I'll run it by my son @therobba and my friend Charles who stays at dreamspace.. they have a small soundproof room here and a music room... I'll try and make a video of them making some sounds...

  • @user-xu6sr2tv1m
    @user-xu6sr2tv1m5 ай бұрын

    Give that man a hammer 😅

  • @Xanrax
    @Xanrax6 ай бұрын

    Pewter is lead and tin right ?

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia6 ай бұрын

    No lead in pewter for drinking at least, it's a common misconception that all pewter has lead. Even in middle ages they knew and guilds controlled the different alloys and prohibited lead in drinking and eating vessels.

  • @peem1244
    @peem12447 ай бұрын

    Super work, Wizard. High art, indeed. Keep up the good work.

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia7 ай бұрын

    It's just a start... Thanks for the praise though!

  • @perkar49
    @perkar497 ай бұрын

    I have made ton's of Ferrocement as one of the last Ferrocement boat repair " Sandmen " As we were taught the hows & why's if ever we called it concrete the boss would curse "it's not bloody concrete " Ferrocement is water tight, concrete is not. My own recipe for Ferro is as follows . 2 finest sharp sand to 1 Portland No 5 cement after 15 % of the sand has been replaced with a pozzolan like DE or Fly ash add water re slump test and for boats I add a tiny amount of Trioxide crystals to eliminate the gas made when galv gets wet plaster on it causing a honeycomb effect ( not wanted on boats ) If applied with skill , a 2mm final skim coat over wire will see no cracking .I recently did a wall at Eutopia Cafe

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia7 ай бұрын

    Very similar to my mix... I use amorphous silica brand name microsilica.

  • @markm8188
    @markm81888 ай бұрын

    So what is ferrocement? Rebar reinforced mortar?

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia7 ай бұрын

    Hi..it's a thin shell of strong mortar - cement plaster - trowelled into various thicknesses of steel bar and or mesh usually with several layers of fine half inch -13mm- chicken wire tightly laced together with thin wire. The plaster is often smoothed over with a second coat but the steel remains close to the surface so there's a lot of fine reinforcement throughout the shell. It's Sunday and that's a rough description only!

  • @markm8188
    @markm81888 ай бұрын

    Is this a New Zealand thing, to wear a sport coat while doing metalworking? Classy. 😊

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia7 ай бұрын

    I like coats... And cheap at opshop! Quick to put on or take off in the changeable NZ weather... And usually good pockets for stuff...

  • @vasquezjuanmiguel8994
    @vasquezjuanmiguel89948 ай бұрын

    Ingenioso. Justo los que estaba buscando. Gracias buen hombre.

  • @matthewfrench1560
    @matthewfrench15608 ай бұрын

    Lovely human and process!

  • @ypaulbrown
    @ypaulbrown8 ай бұрын

    wonderful.......your shop looks very similar to mine...cheers from Florida , USA...Paul,,,,,a new subscriber....

  • @juanantonio-np9xt
    @juanantonio-np9xt8 ай бұрын

    Fantástico

  • @lestergarcia4827
    @lestergarcia48278 ай бұрын

    Very cool really enjoyed watching you. 😊

  • @Donnie64inPa
    @Donnie64inPa8 ай бұрын

    Can you imagine the kids nowadays replacing gentlemen like this? And if they did would they be wearing a suit jacket? Different times ahead for sure! Props to you Sir!

  • @ryancampbell3513
    @ryancampbell35138 ай бұрын

    Wonderful

  • @SustainableCraig
    @SustainableCraig9 ай бұрын

    Where can I find more information about one of your workshops?

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia9 ай бұрын

    Hi, thanks for your interest... I seem to be always working on the next thing, and not teaching the things already (somewhat) mastered... I need a wizard-organiser to make workshops happen perhaps... I try to make how-to videos as I go though... one coming soon on how I converted a trailer into a 'hobbit wagon'... If you're in Gisborne call in and we can have an impromptu and discuss more

  • @augiefitzhugh9647
    @augiefitzhugh96479 ай бұрын

    🌟 'Promo SM'

  • @morganpeace6867
    @morganpeace686710 ай бұрын

    That was a really good video, and I can be a critical judge!

  • @datheat2854
    @datheat285411 ай бұрын

    Simple is always best

  • @letsbefrank6269
    @letsbefrank626911 ай бұрын

    It’s on my bucket list! 12:01 😊

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia11 ай бұрын

    That's a great movie, the Bucket list... What is on yours from what I said?

  • @letsbefrank6269
    @letsbefrank626911 ай бұрын

    @@wizardofeutopia well, making a flower pot from an old tyre, great stuff.

  • @RobbsHomemadeLife
    @RobbsHomemadeLife11 ай бұрын

    This was very helpful. I like what you're doing. I'm getting close to 70 myself and feel I need to make some videos about things to pass on to others different from the other videos I have been making in the past. Thanks again.

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia11 ай бұрын

    Yes! Put it out as your wisdom for the next generation in the (global) village. Your tribe will really appreciate it. Leave a legacy...

  • @ptonpc
    @ptonpc11 ай бұрын

    I remember years ago, pots used to be made with the tyre still on the wheel, so the steel wheel was the base.

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia11 ай бұрын

    Yes I used to see those... much heavier and not as available to recycle. Remember the swan ones, too? They were more sculptural. Required fabric tyres I think, as the tread was cut?

  • @ptonpc
    @ptonpc11 ай бұрын

    @@wizardofeutopia Ahh great times :)

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia3 ай бұрын

    Yes, just harder to find the rims on.. also with purely rubber they are nice and flexible, indestructible by running over etc...

  • @t.h.o.r.
    @t.h.o.r.11 ай бұрын

    Hello Peter- Ive just sent you an email. Often I get dumped in the spam folder. Stuart.

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia11 ай бұрын

    ok i will look

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia11 ай бұрын

    Great ..you make little woodstoves from old gas cylinders. Put a link to your channel?

  • @t.h.o.r.
    @t.h.o.r.11 ай бұрын

    @@wizardofeutopia this is why we should play together peter. I have a key to the dump recycle yard

  • @popefang
    @popefang11 ай бұрын

    Love how you share your passion for recycling

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia11 ай бұрын

    Glad it comes across - the tires were an obsession for a few years... Challenging trying to scale it up...

  • @muttlee9195
    @muttlee919511 ай бұрын

  • @grahamhughes2025
    @grahamhughes202511 ай бұрын

    my kinda treasure

  • @grahamhughes2025
    @grahamhughes202511 ай бұрын

    great advice on the process...and the pitfalls of thinking that stop the process point blank. i really appreciate the time you guys take to share this stuff...it so resonates with me

  • @grahamhughes2025
    @grahamhughes202511 ай бұрын

    Peter, I so love how you think and who you are......so very very creative........so very.

  • @wizardofeutopia
    @wizardofeutopia11 ай бұрын

    Thanks! It's a battle of thoughts to a huge degree... I'm an optimist so I keep trying ideas out .. and an optimiser not a perfectionist so I keep improving things rather than giving up when it's not perfect... I'm noticing a development process is always fractal - you have several parts to a big solution, you solve them and think it's done but then as you work to 'perfect' your solution each of those parts turns up second level problems which can look just as large as the original problem... So you can give up unless you are prepared for this phenomenon and get down to each new problem with a beginners mind again... Always new insights and ideas are needed, at every level of improvement... I'm in the middle of that now!