"[6] In high school, Wiens played in a band called "Nick Danger" with Colin James.
[7] In Vancouver, his work may be found in stores such as ALife and John Fluevog (the biggest client),[5] as well as the Shine nightclub and the Edgewater Casino.
Wiens describes his woodworking process as "tunnelling", something influenced by his experience with pottery as a child:We shuffle a deck of all these parts that create shapes, out of flat panels, kind of like a topographical map, using the CNC machine.
[2] He found a garage at Dunlevy and Cordova in Downtown Eastside, but had to buy the Armstrong Funeral Chapel as part of the deal.
In a 2009 interview, he remarked: "Most people aren't using the vast variety of local exotics, especially on a commercial level".
[2][10] Wiens has collaborated with MascallDance on more than one occasion, notably Caribou (1991) for Ron Stewart and Outliner (2016), a solo performance by his sister Robin Poitras, for whom he created dresses made out of wood.
[8] When asked about the significance of naming his workshop The chapel, Wiens said he is not religious: "I was raised in a family filled with artists and stuff, so I guess that's what I believe in.