Welcome to my corner of the web! I’m Christiaan McCann, a woodworker, musician, and passionate advocate for community and creativity. Here, I’ll share my journey, insights, and adventures in socialwork, woodworking, music, and street evangelism. From the beauty of Tasmanian timbers, the power of song, to the action on the streets, I’m excited to connect with like-minded people and inspire others to embrace their own creative pursuits. Join me as I explore the intersections of craft, community, and compassion.
- Systems and Harm: When Giving Becomes Loud
- Small Project: Tip Shop Trolleys
- Small Project: $5 Bag Clothes
- Small Project: Starting a Rock Band (and Ending It Well)
- Small Project: Shoes That Fit
- Chapter 5: Priscilla’s Woodcraft Adventures
- Small Project: Free Bread, Shared
- Small Projects Explainer – Projects in Motion
- Chapter 4: Cognitive Factory
- 🍲 Food Not Bombs Hobart — What to Know Before You Come
- Chapter 1: Picking Up Wood
- Chapter 11: When Loyalty Becomes a Limit
- Chapter 8: Strong Hands, New Beginnings.
- From Structure to Relationship: How Collaboration Reshaped a Project— highlighting the shift from rigid models to relational practice.
- How Food Moves: Relationship, Risk, and Trust
- This Bread Is Not a Message About You
- Walking With a Story
- Built by Being Known
- Protective Action vs. Control: A Reflection on Risk, Presence, and Power
- Finding Roots in Shared Tables
- Seeing the Work: A Reflection on Relational Practice
- Last Chapter: Woodcraft Adventures. Become a Maker
- Sharing Without Hierarchy
- Moving Between Circles
- Trying Something Small
- Food, Movement, and Mutual Aid
- The Giveaway Table
- Small Projects: A Starting Point
- Why This Matters
- Hope That Learns to Wait
- Borrowing the Street Back
- When Hope Stops Working the Way It Used To
- The Quiet Weight of Words
- Systems & Harm: A Starting Point
- Resisting Timelines, Choosing Presence
- Singing Without Rushing the Story
- Mutual Aid: A Starting Point
- Small Gestures, Big Meaning
- Seeing the Work: Pete
- Seeing the Work: Priscilla
- When making isn’t about outcome
- The Giveaway Table – Presence before Program
- From Homelessness to Independence
- Ned’s Journey: From Homelessness to Relational Impact
- Giveaway Table: Small Work, Real Presence
- Outreach: A Starting Point
- See The Work: A Starting Point
- We Don’t Start With Solutions. Why lived experience resists being rushed into outcomes.
- Lived Experience: A Starting Point
- From Handouts to Handcrafted. Why Making Things Still Matters
- Not Everyone Can Clock In. Work That Fits Real Lives.
- Why Microenterprises Matter More Than Ever
- Microenterprises: A Starting Point
- Hope and Doubt: A Starting Point
- Presence: A Starting Point
- Giving Back in Place
- Reflections: A Starting Point
- We Don’t Start With Solutions — We Start by Sitting Down
- I Will Sing With Anyone. Come sing with me.
- Chapter 8: Become A Maker.
- Work in Motion: A Reflection on Presence and Process
- Identity, Space, and the Work That Doesn’t Give Up
- (Archived) Food Not Bombs Hobart: Details. Links. Brochures.
- Food Preferences Form: We Will Deliver
- Hobart Food Outreach: Delivering Food Support
- A Grassroots Community Dinner. A practical example of support in action, shaped by real conditions and shared responsibility.
- A Practical Model of Social Enterprise in Action. Combining craft, collaboration, and real-world sales.
- Clothes you can take, no questions asked
- StreetShelter: A night off the streets
- MICROENTERPRISE BUILDER: The Story – The early years of a start-up.
- Rustix, Cognitive Factory, Woodcraft Warriors – The Journey to Woodcraft Adventures.
- What is Woodcraft Adventures – Est.1995
- Seeing the Work: Practice in Motion
- Something Out of Nothing. A new voice rising from the heart of Nobucks
- (archived) FREE PRODUCE: Delivered to Your Door. No questions asked.
- FREE HOT MEAL: Hobart’s Weekly Free Meal. Everyone’s welcome!
- Free Bread
- PSYCH
- (Archived) The Donut Run: We are the Donut Angel
- RUSTIX: Rustic Furniture. Rustix was unique handcrafted rustic style furniture made from recycled rare species timber
- CHRISTIAAN’S SOUP KITCHEN: Food Not Bombs Hobart – Come, Eat, Volunteer
- (Archived) Hobart Bread Basket: A Short History. An archive of our past project — the stories, the ideas, and the actions that shaped what we were doing back then.
- (Archived) Hobart Food Outreach: Who we are and what we do!
- Lived Experience Consumer Representatives: Promising only genuine vernacular at your disposal. Contact us today!
- ART FOR ALL HOBART: Invite Blog – Join.
- CHRISTIAAN’S MICROENTERPRISE BUILDER:
- CHRYSALIS
- ARCHIVE: Chrysalis begins 2015. And so does the period of The Projects.
- CHRISTIAAN’S SOUP KITCHEN
- RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: A StreetWork Initiative Helping People On The Streets. We did our best to build a social media story with a difference.
- MICRO ENTERPRISE BUILDER: Woodcraft Adventures. A business start-up for people with a disability.
- WOODCRAFT ADVENTURES BUYERS AND FRIENDS GROUP: A Facebook Group. For telling our story!
- DONUT ANGEL: Free Donuts to Night Shelters. As you go through life let this be your goal, keep your eye on the donut not on the whole!
- JOURNAL: Practice Report. List of reflections of practice?
- CHRYSALIS: Working Concept. We breakdown how we use our concept for a chrysalis down the street, with our seperate activities.
- CHRYSALIS: Working Concept. Explorations of concepts using art.
- THE OTHERSIDE: Lost A Love One. I’m here to help you make contact/sense.
- ON THE RUN: Prisoner Program. Who has time in their pocket? A thief!
- STREETSHELTER: Less Is More. We learned that removing comfort was the kindness thing we could do.
- STREETSHELTER: Providing Extra Care. Offering drunks a bed means expecting a few wet sheets.
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