after more than 10 years of exploration into the world of mosaic art, my work seems to have settled into two categories, decorative art and fine art.

decorative art for decorative art, i work with a technique that i call artcraft. this technique employs scoring and breaking the glass into squares, rectangles, and triangles in varying sizes, most quite small, to form geometric patterns, and patterns of patterns. using primarily colored mirror glass and van gogh glass, a material with depth and metallic color variations, the patterns form glittering, jewel-like surfaces. a fine cutting technique which yields small, uniform pieces adds intricacy. i am tempted to claim this technique as my own, as i have not seen it elsewhere. it is very well suited to decorative applications, like frames and boxes, or in transforming trash to treasure, as in recycling bottles.

fine art the bulk of my work falls into the fine art category. until fairly recently, most of my work has been design-driven. i would start a project with a particular design in mind, and then choose the materials and style that would best realize the design. at some point in 2006, i began to feel differently about my work, and to understand that i was having a relationship with the materials. that relationship consisted of me subduing the material, and forcing it to do what i wanted it to do. then, perhaps the material began speaking to me, or i began listening; whatever it was, it caused me to undergo an overall shift in my relationship to my work. currently, i am focusing on exploring the inherent qualities of the materials themselves, and on allowing a more equitable relationship to develop. i am realizing, through this process, that i have an extreme passion for the materials... they have become my greatest source of inspiration.