If I Had To Describe My Work

The Things That I Make Are That Which A Person Will Make. They're Not Meant To Mimic Nature. They Are Nothing But The Result Of A Hand Of A Person.

I've Laid Down In Dried Up Streambeds, Leaving A Shadow. And Then, Five Minutes Later, It's Flash Flooded, And Where I Once Laid Is Now Running Water, Which Would've Washed Me Away, You Know? There's That Power And Danger Often In Places That Look So Calm And Pastoral To Begin With.

Abandoning The Project Was Incredibly Stressful After Having Gone Through The Process Of Building The Room, Installing The Kiln, Collecting The Stones, Sitting With The Kiln Day And Night As It Came To Temperature, Experiencing The Failures.

Understanding The Materials I Work With... Gives Me A Deeper Understanding Of My Place. And It's Helped Me Make Sense Of The Changes That Are Happening To Me As I Grow Older.

I Love The Winter. Well, I Love All The Seasons, But The Winter Is Possibly One Of The Most Intense.