I started Eclectic Vending in the winter of 2026 as a way to celebrate tangible art and participate in the community (...it was probably also partly a midlife crisis). 

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The items I stock in the machine are mostly fun and funky but there are some needful things too. I try to keep interactive items on hand with the vision of giving people an alternative to getting lost in their phones especially when the machines are located in bars and restaurants.

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All paper crafts: fortune tellers, zines, colouring pages are hand-made and "brain-thought". They are made without the use of AI for humans by humans.