Artist brain. Engineer heart. Craftsman hands. Hacker soul.
Michael Parks fuses the raw curiosity of an inventor with the precision of an engineer and the intuition of an artist. Trained in both the fine arts and applied sciences, his work spans digital fabrication, traditional craft, embedded electronics, and speculative design. Whether carving leather by hand or orchestrating machine-made forms with code, Parks builds artifacts that bridge disciplines—and eras.
Working under the banner of Green Shoe Garage, his studio functions as a hybrid space: part workshop, part laboratory, part conceptual playground. His projects blend CNC machining, electronics, sculpture, and storytelling—always rooted in a deep respect for process and an eagerness to explore the edge cases of utility and beauty, the divide between form and function, abstract and precision, chaotic and algorithmic.
Parks treats making as a philosophical practice. His objects are not just artifacts—they are provocations, prototypes, and playful critiques of systems and structures. Precision and poetry coexist. Failure is part of the formula; along with tinkering, questioning, and embracing the beautifully unresolved. His creations aren’t just things; they’re tools for thought, alive with contradictions and wonder.
“I make, therefore I am.”
Websites I have contributed to:
- Linktree
- OpenSource.com
- Engineering.com
- IndustryTap
- EEWeb
- Mouser’s Bench Talk
- The Engineering Commons
- Boards and Solutions
- EE Catalog | EE Catalog Featured Blog
- Circuit Cellar
- CV is here.
- One page bio here.
- Grab copies of my presentations here: https://bit.ly/mikesgdocs
- My GitHub repos
