A Utah maker collective for people who'd rather build than talk about it.

Fire, light, sound, bio, mechanical — no gatekeeping about which side of the art/engineering line you're allowed to stand on.

Why this exists

Engineering and art are the same coin.

Somewhere along the way, a line got drawn. Engineers on one side, artists on the other. That line is fiction. A fireball cannon is a pressure vessel and a piece of theater.

We care about people who build — not people who debate the right way to build.

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From the shop

The work, not the pitch deck.

Real builds from the backyard, the desert, and everywhere in between. Placeholders below are sized for drop-in replacement.

Featured build — lead image 1200 × 900px (4:3)
Fire · pneumatics

Fireball cannon

Propane-fueled fireball launcher. Built for backyard nights when "is that safe" is half the fun.

Build detail shot 1200 × 1200px (1:1)
Bio · kinetic light

Algae bioreactor wall

Living algae columns lit from below — equal parts chemistry rig and light sculpture.

Project photo 800 × 600px (4:3)
Installation · long exposure

The Burning Army

A field of woven human effigies in the dry lake bed — built to stand, then built to burn.

Project photo 800 × 600px (4:3)
Light · motion

Light sculpture / harmonograph

4-DOF articulated arm with closed-loop control — a machine for drawing light.

Project photo 800 × 600px (4:3)
Fire · effigy

Night burn

Same effigies, after dark — the build's second act.

No single lane

What gets built here is wide open.

The collective isn't limited to any one medium. These are the directions that show up most — driven by where the leadership's interest runs hottest, open to wherever a collaborator wants to take it.

Fire & effects

Pyrotechnics, propane art, practical effects built to spec — and to code.

Light & LED

Addressable LEDs, kinetic light, anything that needs to glow, pulse, or chase.

Sound & sensing

Reactive audio, sensors, anything that listens to a room and answers back.

Bio & living systems

Algae, fermentation, anything where the material is alive and has opinions.

Mechanical & fab

Welding, CAD, CNC, 3D printing — the load-bearing skills under everything else.

Build, share, grow together

If you're already building something in your garage, we want to hear about it.

No membership fee, no application essay. Show up with something you're making — or something you want help making — and we'll figure out the rest.