{"id":102113,"date":"2020-06-20T21:31:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T20:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/?page_id=102113"},"modified":"2023-06-01T10:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:51:30","slug":"interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/interests","title":{"rendered":"Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have a wide range of interests.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Small-Scale Woodworking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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From an early age, I have loved the way miniatures can depict another world. Later in life, I discovered the remarkable nature of wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constrained by a small amount of indoor space (and the English weather), my workspace is often no larger than a sheet of paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The objects I create vary–from toys<\/a>, to sculptures<\/a>, to musical instruments<\/a>–but each type of woodworking informs the others. They also all have in common my enduring interest in making something that has both a practical origin, and an aesthetic delight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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More about my love of wood<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ukuleles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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More about my ukuleles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I picked up my four-year-old nephew\u2019s ukulele one Christmas, and couldn\u2019t put it down. It is an instrument that makes it easy to start making music, but hard to take too seriously. I love its playability, versatility, and sweet sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing led to another, and I started not only playing ukulele in a variety of styles, but making ukuleles as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dungeons & Dragons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I started playing D&D with my father at the age of ten. He was an imaginative storyteller, inventing fantastic tales to entertain us on long car journeys. He always took requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dad taught me a lot about being spontaneous, and this is one of the aspects of role-playing games I enjoy the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I live-stream D&D adventures with friends, publish books, and make YouTube videos at The Spontaneous Dungeon Master<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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