“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. ”

“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.”

“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..”

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

“I am interested in the stories that furniture can tell”

“I love the clean lines and paring down of the last half century, but I’m also fascinated by the world’s older decorative traditions.”