Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Wits End: Design and Fabrication is setting up shop on Cortes Island. Arne Olafson was looking for a space to use his equipment, when he walked into the Squirrel Cove General Store last December.

“Curt's a really friendly guy and he's super helpful. I was asking who had room for such a big machine, and Curt said that I could move into the shop here. I moved in. There was just some sweeping up, and then I had to build a table for my machine because I couldn't move my whole table from Hornby Island. I did move the top part of the machine, which fits in my van,” he said.

Olafson has been living on Hornby Island for the past 7 years, but is well known to many Cortes Island residents.

Arne Olafson: “We haven’t officially moved yet. I've made about six trips and I still have a few more to make, and some heavy tools, but we started moving here last Spring. I do fabrication in all kinds of media, including wood, plywood, resins, metal, modern composites. All kinds of things and they can be mixed together. It's a creative fabrication lab.”

“The main current project is the puzzle house and plywood furniture to go along with the puzzle house.”