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  Hi! Thank you for reading this blog. This blog is about me on a journey to find out whether I ~ a maker of things, can use my hands to not only produce products to sell, make a profit, but also create a space where others can do the same. I have been on this journey for almost 2 years now.  It has been a bumpy ride, and I am sure the future will be even bumpier! I started my company - Ayata Ltd in Auckland, New Zealand in March 2021.  It was not a direct reaction to COVID-19, or the lockdowns that followed, although that seemed to have spurred me on.  My grandmother - the matriarch of my family passed away 5 years ago, my family have moved back to my hometown after years living in Wellington.  I had a school aged child that was beginning to have more independence, and required me less.  But most of all, I was dissatisfied with the work I was doing, and who I was doing it for. My inspiration for making things, fixing things, and my interest in building a c...