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“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”