An original maker: Paul Elkins, Pacific Northwest polymath

* Paul now has plans available: Paul Elkins has always loved to doodle; when he turned 8 years old his mother bought him his first serious sketch pad and he has since filled 25 more books with his designs. Elkins redesigned the world around him with his drawings of mini submarines, backpack helicopters, gas vapor carburetors and turbo-powered skateboards. Unlike the work of other dreamers, Elkins’ designs didn’t remain trapped on the page. Inspired by a tinkering father, an