Growing up in rural Manitoba, Karl had all the time in the world to hone his skill amongst the biggest trees in the back 40. At the age of 4 Karl began his journey into the land of making stuff by using his father’s bandsaw —incident free. Ideas and building came naturally to him, but it took years of practice and dedication to develop the competence to be able to put tools back on the hooks where they belong.  He traveled around the world as a kid, with his vaudevillian father Al Simmons, creating props, stage managing, running sound and lights and meeting a world of creative geniuses.     

Karl is a Red Seal Carpenter with 25 years of experience who also does computer things —CAD, Fusion 360, Adobe stuff, Blender, Motion Graphics, Photogrammetry… and whatever else comes along. He’s a filmmaker, projection mapper, graphic designer, drummer, figure skater and father. 

He’s been dreaming with his eyes open since 1981.

What will he will do next? He’s waiting for you to ask him to tackle your project.

Things in his head to use:

Project Management

Red Seal Carpenter

Framing 

Concrete Forming

Electrical 

Plumbing

CNC Tech/3D Printing/laser cutting

Cabinet Making

Furniture Making/Design

Industrial Design

Product design to manufacturing consulting

Architectural drawings

Concept Drawings

Automation knowledge

Drummer

Filmmaking

Audio Recording

Motion Graphics

3D Modeling

Animation 

3D Scanning for manufacture or virtual 

Motion capture process 

VR and AR Process

Website integration

Website Design

Closet Engineer

Inventor of silly things

Software:

Fusion 360

Blender

AutoCad

Adobe illustrator

Adobe indesign

Adobe premiere

Adobe after effects

Adobe photoshop

All other Adobe products

Rokoko Studio

Dabbling in Unreal Engine 

Davinci Resolve 

Sketchup

Ableton 

Projection Mapping software including Madmapper