Generation

My work is founded on a deep respect for the natural materials I use. A pine tree can be more than a hundred feet tall; stones and fossils are millions of years old. I work to discover their stories, then combine those stories with the shapes and colors I see around me: skylines, tree shapes, bark patterns. I find inspiration in all kinds of containers and structures: kaleidoscopes, bridges, cooking pots, buildings. What currently interests me most is finding ways to construct whatever shapes I have imagined. How can I balance a vertical piece when the top is heavier than the bottom? How can I allow negative space so the piece can breathe? How can I enclose one shape inside another and still see them both? What if I turned a corner? What if I used a Mobius twist? What if I turned a geometry puzzle into a basketry form? Then I stitch, stitch, stitch until I can answer the question.