I am a plain vanilla Midwesterner with a work history in production engineering and an art degree.

I am interested in working with the vocabulary that is the result of mechanical or chemical processes. I have learned that if you can give up your preconceived idea of the outcome and put yourself at risk you will find better stuff than you could have planned. That applies equally to life and art. It gets messy but the result is worth it.

I am currently playing toymaker; recycling sheet metal from filing cabinets and other discards into toys. Boats, planes, birds, a tractor, a race car and a rocket so far.

I also build narrative sculpture, furniture, architectural details and garden structures. Im interested in making some lamps too...maybe chandeliers...