While sculpting, I make decisions all the time. Some are small — about a single curve, an edge, or a place where I might remove a little more wood. Others affect the entire sculpture. Over time, however, I have learned…

While working on Sway, I found myself returning to the same question again and again. I could still remove more wood. I could soften another edge, widen an opening, or change the balance of a curve. There was always another…

A sculpture begins long before the first cut. Before I pick up a tool, I spend time simply looking.

Every sculpture begins with a decision. Not what to make, but whether to begin without knowing where the wood will lead.

I never begin with a finished image. Every sculpture starts with curiosity rather than certainty.