Francis Wiemelt
2023 Recap
Happy new year!!
I started the year off with another run at Iron Forge, the annual seed-part competition run by Simon and Markus. This year, I ended up reaching the top 8/final 4 round, being paired up with the wonderfully talented builder Loke (Byggi). The competition is always such a fun (and intense) way to start off the year, and I'm really glad I competed this year.
Simon convinced me to build a cube for New Hashima in February, and I spent most of February to June just working on my cube for latest iteration the massive cyberpunk cityscape that would debut at Brickworld Chicago later in the year. I'm an incredibly slow builder, so filling up a cube with 3/4 visible, detailed sides was a challenge. As much as I enjoyed the process, it left me pretty burnt out for building for a while.
June rolled around and I took a road trip to Chicago for the second year in a row. This years Brickworld was highlighted by, of course, New Hashima. I spent most of my time at Brickworld this year towards helping set up and assemble the colossal project, and I'm just really thankful to the entire NH family for being so welcoming. I gotta give it up for Jackson, Bove, Brian, Luke, Jonah, and Dan for making Brickworld Chicago so fun this year, along with everyone else I met and reunited with. #YONHO
July meant the Summer Joust! I teamed up, once again, with the wonderful Kit, Dan, and Marc to work on the collab category, scoring our second win in a row. I'm so thankful to have worked with Dan before he left for Peru, and I'm also so excited to work with him and the rest of the team again when he gets back. Thanks to you guys for always being there, I really cherish all the memories we've made over the past few years :)
After the Summer Joust, I really just took a step back from the hobby, keeping up on some personal projects but mostly putting my time towards other things in my life. I'm still around and have a few long-term projects planned, but just at a slower pace than previous years.
Thanks to everyone for making this a wonderful year, and I can't wait to see what we'll do in the future!
- Francis
(As always I’ve tagged people who’ve inspired me this year)
2023 Recap
Happy new year!!
I started the year off with another run at Iron Forge, the annual seed-part competition run by Simon and Markus. This year, I ended up reaching the top 8/final 4 round, being paired up with the wonderfully talented builder Loke (Byggi). The competition is always such a fun (and intense) way to start off the year, and I'm really glad I competed this year.
Simon convinced me to build a cube for New Hashima in February, and I spent most of February to June just working on my cube for latest iteration the massive cyberpunk cityscape that would debut at Brickworld Chicago later in the year. I'm an incredibly slow builder, so filling up a cube with 3/4 visible, detailed sides was a challenge. As much as I enjoyed the process, it left me pretty burnt out for building for a while.
June rolled around and I took a road trip to Chicago for the second year in a row. This years Brickworld was highlighted by, of course, New Hashima. I spent most of my time at Brickworld this year towards helping set up and assemble the colossal project, and I'm just really thankful to the entire NH family for being so welcoming. I gotta give it up for Jackson, Bove, Brian, Luke, Jonah, and Dan for making Brickworld Chicago so fun this year, along with everyone else I met and reunited with. #YONHO
July meant the Summer Joust! I teamed up, once again, with the wonderful Kit, Dan, and Marc to work on the collab category, scoring our second win in a row. I'm so thankful to have worked with Dan before he left for Peru, and I'm also so excited to work with him and the rest of the team again when he gets back. Thanks to you guys for always being there, I really cherish all the memories we've made over the past few years :)
After the Summer Joust, I really just took a step back from the hobby, keeping up on some personal projects but mostly putting my time towards other things in my life. I'm still around and have a few long-term projects planned, but just at a slower pace than previous years.
Thanks to everyone for making this a wonderful year, and I can't wait to see what we'll do in the future!
- Francis
(As always I’ve tagged people who’ve inspired me this year)