Hi, I’m William! My Life Is Part School, Part Piano, Part Dragon Workshop

Hi, I’m William, I’m 11, and I have a secret: my life is much more interesting than my school timetable says. On paper, I’m a normal kid who goes to school. In real life, I’m the boss of a toy company with a dragon problem. Not a dangerous dragon problem. A “we keep making more of them”.

Let’s start with school. I’ll be honest, it’s not my favourite place in the universe. It’s fine! But my brain tends to float out of the window and go to the workshop, where a hinge is waiting to be fixed or a new design is half-finished. After school the real fun starts. I do kung fu, and in just a few weeks I’ll be competing at an international competition in Germany!  I practice piano and I play with my cats and my dog. The dog thinks every toy I make is for him. He is wrong, but he’s very confident.

Then there’s the workshop, where my dad and I basically learn everything together, one experiment at a time. This is where my true education happens, and right now it’s getting bigger every week. We have new machines, like a laser that can write inside glass and a printer that prints colour on wood, and each one comes with a mountain of things to learn. Every single day I find out something I didn’t know yesterday. ]. It’s like a video game where the levels never end, except the prizes are real.

The best part is my dad. He always, always has a smile for me. When a print fails (and many do), he doesn’t sigh. He says, “Okay, what did it teach us?” and somehow I end up smiling too. I think half my inventions exist because he made me feel safe to get things wrong.

I also LOVE meeting people. Customers, other makers, local businesses with big ideas who aren’t sure how to make them real. When I get to help someone turn an idea into something they can hold in their hands, it’s the best feeling ever. I have an achievement book where I stick all my wins, and it’s getting full. 

So that’s my life right now: a bit of school, a lot of curiosity, a dad with a giant smile and a workshop that’s basically a laboratory.

Want to see what I’m making next? Follow me on [social media link] and tell me what I should invent I’ll try  my best!