The Living Archive / Collections

The collections

Objects in the room lead to stories, photographs, drawings, videos and shorter notes. This directory offers a direct route.

Independent artistic interpretation of Elee
Imagineering

A Creature Named Elee

An Imagineering R&D project for a creature-sized Star Wars experience that was never built.

A pan of food cooked by Ryan
Food & Hospitality

Food Is My Love Language

A family kitchen, early catering, and six driveway pop-up restaurants.

Love Potion hot sauce bottles
Food & Experiments

Love Potion

A used bourbon barrel and a series of fermented hot-sauce experiments.

Early Eazy Treezy prototype, predecessor to Turbo Tree Stand
Invention

Turbo Tree Stand

From early prototypes to tooling, a television pitch and a Christmas-tree stand in stores.

Pocket Anchor prototype installed in a truck bed
Invention · Patent 2025

Pocket Anchor

A modular way to attach accessories to a pickup truck’s existing stake pockets.

Ryan’s 3D-printed adjustable wrench prototype
The 3D printer

The Inventor’s Shelf

Pocket Anchor, the adjustable wrench, and Turbo Tree Stand in one small collection.

Adjustable wrench prototype with six jaws
Invention · Patent 2024

Adjustable Wrench

A six-jaw variable hex opening, developed for an adjustable closed-end tool.

Suspension-bridge-inspired dining table
Creative Work · Furniture

The Table That Became a Bridge

A handmade dining table inspired by the Golden Gate Bridge.

Egyptian-inspired walnut desk
Creative Work

Made by Hand

Furniture, woodwork, maps and clocks: a closer look at the things Ryan has made.

Ryan ascending Mount Rainier
Adventures · Field Archive

The World Outside

Mountaineering, open-water swimming, endurance events, and original photographs.

Ryan’s Karmann Ghia project
Curiosities

Project Cars

The Ghia, White Rhino, Chargum and other automotive projects.

The World Needs More Middle Children by Ryan Wach
Writing

Books & Manuscripts

A published book and writing in progress.

Ryan’s photograph of Horseshoe Bend
Photography from Around the World

Through a Lens

Fifty-five photographs: landscapes, architecture, places and small details from around the world.

The yellow Honda City used for New Zealand road trips
Travel

One-Way Tickets

Six months living in New Zealand, and several road trips in a small yellow Honda City.

Ryan chopping mushrooms during the record attempt
Kitchen · Curiosities

From Reading the Book to Being in It

Mushrooms, tacos, and two one-minute record attempts.

GERMANY / EBERSWALDEA play. In German.
Germany · Missionary service

Let's Give Them Something New to Talk About

A small congregation, a play written in German, and an idea that traveled throughout the mission.

BYU / FSUEngineering and beyond
Education · BYU & FSU

Everything I Didn't Know I Wanted

The stories behind a mechanical engineering degree at BYU and an MBA at Florida State.

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