Matthew Clark Lehman grew up in the forest near Washington, DC, wandering for years until eventually earning a B.A. in History from Ohio Wesleyan University (2010) and B.S. degrees in Civil and Mining Engineering from West Virginia University (2015). Matty moved with his wife and bought an old house in Barnstable Village, MA in 2016 to begin his career as a civil engineer with the Horsley Witten Group. Matty and his wife have 6 pets.
In addition to making, matty enjoys taking things apart. Also singing and playing music, listening to baseball on the radio, reading historical nonfiction, spending time on WIkipedia, and getting to know every plant he meets.
Further hobbies/interests include, but are not limited to: college football and basketball, low-tech networking, cryptology, geology and minerology, geography, natural fibers, bamboo, vintage computers and retro video games, herbal medicine and ethnobotany, respectful mutual cultural exchange, dining with strangers, forest bathing, furry creatures, orchids, mountains, rivers, the wind...