I create new and old life forms out of salvaged materials - primarily structural glass and found wood. These forms are very organic but still abstract. Recently, I have been making glass pods that can be interpreted as fossils, eggs, skeletons or creatures. By creating pieces that can represent the contradictory ideas of beginning and end, rebirth and decay, without preference, I hope to create dialogue about the continuum of life and our place in it.

My choice in glass is largely environmental - structural glass, which makes up the majority of all manufactured glass, is not recycled but buried in land fills - so using building glass is part of my mission. But I also enjoy the challenge of taking a cold, hard sterile material and giving it new life as an organic form. People often comment that my work looks like it's living, growing or in motion, and nothing could please me more.