The salvaged materials - wood, metal, and glass - that I use in all of my work are integral to the primitive industrial vision. Their characteristics dictate the very nature of my design, and their variations and imperfections again call attention to the “natural” or handmade aspect of these industrial works. They become part of the art, not unlike the grain in a carved wooden form. Art essentially has always been constructed from found objects, and so to fashion these masks, mirrors or sculptures from culled scrap material serves not only to express my message, but also to continue a basic and traditional artistic practice, one which is of ever-increasing value to our world.