I strive for a balance in my work that I find lacking in the world.  To try to keep an equilibrium is the most satisfying state of being.  Yet to create tension is also part of the process. I tend to follow lines of thought until they are played out and then rarely go back to them, done is done.

In the restoration and healing of damaged and flawed materials, I look to highlight the breakage and find the beauty in the midst of ruin. I try to take damage and deterioration and re balance the work until a state of equilibrium can be achieved. 

In life, this is the essence of resilience, also reflecting the philosophy of wabi-sabi; embracing the flaws and imperfections of the human  experience.  

There is satisfaction in combining materials that do not naturally mix.  Lately my work ponders these contrived relationships.