hello! my name is russell gonsalves. i don't wholly look like that, by the way. i’m older now, and less bendy. i think there’s an actual picture of me somewhere in the photographs. ironically, this picture looks very much like my son.

i love the planet that we live on, fiercely, and am trying to come up with a cunning plan to protect it. the problem is, i am not particulary good at anything. i am an animator by day; and by night, whatever is closest at hand… i love to run, write, draw, take pictures, paint, play guitar, piano, tennis (none of which i do well). i love my family. and i also love objects… in particular, things that tell stories, like old pocket watches, hats, books and old tin boxes. and that's what this site is really: little stories scrunched up in a little tin box.

the lid is yours to open. be careful though. it's a bit squeaky.. and rather russty.