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/ Ideas, experiments & side quests

This is where ideas go when they refuse to leave me alone.

If you've ever had that nagging feeling of needing to make something, I get you.

Welcome to my workshop. Here are some of the projects, products and experiments I've worked on over the years.

Things either happily in the making, completed & out in the world, or tried and retired.

Ideas that became real

My sister rescues animals that often don't get a second chance. I built her a website to help tell their stories and support her work.

This is where I get to nerd out about language learning. I create materials and resources for self-learners like myself. Right now, I'm also working on my first book.

Hela Helps Animals
My Language Journals

personal project

My Language Journals illustration featuring a laptop, notebook and headphones.
My Language Journals illustration featuring a laptop, notebook and headphones.
My Language Journals

non-profit website

Hela Helps Animals
Helena with rescued dogs at Hela Helps Animals.
Helena with rescued dogs at Hela Helps Animals.

I'm currently translating The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers by Arno Ilgner into Czech. I've always wanted to translate a book, and I couldn't have asked for a better one.

I teamed up with SKVOT to create an online course for people who want to design meaningful retreats. It's a chance to put years of planning, guiding and facilitation into something others could learn from.

The Rock Warrior's Way
Creative Retreat Planner

course with SKVOT

Marketa working on a laptop in front of a colourful mural.
Marketa working on a laptop in front of a colourful mural.
Visit SKVOT

book translation

See book
Cover of The Rock Warrior's Way by Arno Ilgner.
Cover of The Rock Warrior's Way by Arno Ilgner.

Experiments that didn't really take off

I wanted to create the kind of holiday I'd happily book myself: movement, great food, time outdoors and good company. Planning the program with a trainer was every bit as fun as I imagined.

I enjoyed turning conference rooms into temporary craft studios. Polymer clay, flower arranging, fabric printing... I loved finding ways to make complex techniques surprisingly easy to follow, and watch people leave with something beautiful.

Fitness Holiday
Craftroom

creative workshops for events

Marketa and a colleague hosting a creative workshop in colourful aprons.
Marketa and a colleague hosting a creative workshop in colourful aprons.

active retreat

Marketa and a friend training with kettlebells during a Fitness Holiday.
Marketa and a friend training with kettlebells during a Fitness Holiday.

While the workshops were always a lot of fun, there just wasn't enough demand to turn Craftroom into something bigger.

Despite plenty of excitement, not enough people signed up to make it a recurring project.

Markéta Machálková

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