hi. i’m ben.

I’m an artist, baker, and programmer living in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Pale moonlight washes over the valley as dense bush gives way to dew-dropped grass. A cluster of long buildings huddles beneath a gold-dusted firmament, warm light spilling from open windows, rooves glittering with starlight and dew. Muffled sounds of late-night work drift toward you through the cool night air.

Smoke rises from the low brick chimney of the bakehouse, carrying with it the unmistakable scent of fresh-baked bread.

Flickers of red firelight emanate from the the forge, the light gleaming across a mirror-faced slab of polished metal.

A worn couch sits on the porch of the studio, with windchimes clinking lazily out into the night.

Dense ivy enshawls the tall walls of the library, dark but for the soft wash of candlelight spilling from an upstairs window.

A distant building with a wide-domed roof marks the observatory, a complex array of lenses gazing at distant stars.

A rushing stream passes unseen into the wilderness, banks overgrown with thickets of wildflowers.