https://www.cfoulke.com/home daily 1.0 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62141806a0115817a59aa705/754bb190-958f-4784-b4c8-e1ae6788f973/IMG_5815.jpg Home - Who Am I? I’m a father, partner, maker, writer, inventor, and relentless explorer. I’ve spent much of my life making things work—building something new, understanding why something old stopped working, or questioning whether there’s a better way to do it altogether. That curiosity takes me in a lot of directions. I build and tune handpans, write, serve my community, swim a lot of laps, occasionally repair antique mechanical clocks, and disappear into nature whenever I get the chance. I love understanding systems—physical, human, and everything in between. Mostly, I like learning, making things, and solving problems. I’m rarely without a project. https://www.cfoulke.com/writing daily 0.75 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62141806a0115817a59aa705/574a7d37-c997-4524-ab5d-7352b36cd15e/ChatGPT%2BImage%2BJun%2B12%2C%2B2025%2C%2B05_47_12%2BPM.webp Writing - Professional Much of my professional writing has grown out of more than two decades working with handpans—exploring their design, acoustics, tuning, manufacturing, history, and the evolution of the craft. Through the Xenith Handpans blog, I write about the technical and creative sides of instrument making, share what I’ve learned from years at the workbench, and document a field that continues to evolve around me. 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I love understanding systems—physical, human, and everything in between. Mostly, I like learning, making things, and solving problems. I’m rarely without a project. Xenith Handpans I founded Xenith in 2013, after years of exploring the emerging world of handpans. What began as a fascination with an unusual musical instrument became a career in tuning, making, teaching, design, and invention. Over the years, I’ve built more than a thousand instruments and spent countless hours exploring acoustics, metallurgy, manufacturing, tooling, and the wonderfully obsessive pursuit of making a piece of steel sing. Xenith has always been more than an instrument company to me. It’s a laboratory for ideas—a place where craftsmanship, music, engineering, and curiosity collide. That work has taken me around the world. I’ve performed on five continents and had the opportunity to work with organizations including Cirque du Soleil, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Along the way, my work has led to patented inventions, introduced me to an extraordinary international community, and given me the privilege of spending my life getting very, very good at something wonderfully obscure. Explore Xenith Handpans →