“I love to absorb the absurd.”

“I am interested in the gap between how the eye sees, how the brain interprets the information, and how I can have some fun with it.”

“My objects reflect the human urge to collect, mark occasions with tangible objects, and how objects connect us to the past and our own memories.”

“Craft is a process, not a product. It is the way we think about the things we do: a cumulative process of learning by doing, growing, and doing it again from a different perspective. ”

“To honor the clay with an expression that cannot be said with words”

“The name "eleet warez" is borrowed from hacker culture and suggests the technical sophistication, improvisational spirit, and freewheeling appropriation that is essential to my work.”

“Make work with an economy of means and an extravagance of imagination”

“Wood is a naturally beautiful material. So a wood carver's job is to invent forms that are at least as interesting as the wood itself..”

“Do something new and unfamiliar”

“Clay can be anything.”

“Art helps us to expand our understanding of our fellow humans, our world, and ourselves”

“A good pot is like a tree or a stone, individual and inevitable.”

“Glass blowing is one of the best ways of playing with fire.”

“If a viewer can take away or gain something new from something I have made, then I feel that I have succeeded.”

“I can walk into a glassblowing studio anywhere in the world and know how to communicate. Glass is a visual language. It could be a nod or a gesture and you know your job.”

“Idea + research & experimentation + love of materials = the expressive object.”

“Jewelry is meant to adorn and enhance the wearer.”

“It is not so much what one looks at, as much as what one sees when one is looking.” - Richard Stime

“My studio work usually addresses conflicts, cultural and philosophical conundrums; my public work emphasizes community and commonality.”

“None”