Growing up the youngest son of an auctioneer in the glaciated kettles of Wisconsin, I spent my youth helping with the family auctioneering business. Along with my mother, brother and two sisters, many years were spent holding auctions where often one’s entire lifetime of possessions were dispersed in a single day to the highest bidder. I think it was these early years rummaging through drawers, boxes, attics and garages, that I became fascinated with the old and unusual. I marveled at the stories each piece held within itself, only to carry on and start anew as the belonging of another. These years carved an unknown impression that would later become a major source of inspiration.

The auctioneering and antique business sharpened my sense of awareness towards the unnoticed or overlooked diamonds in the rough. This awareness has since become a tool for my present day inspiration. I often mill over thrift store shelves and pillage through forests in search of a source of stimulation. The objects that I bring home from thrift stores and nature will later be used by themselves or in combination with other materials, found or fabricated. It is these combinations that form the groundwork for my present body of work.

Much of my current work is created using a lost organic casting method. This method is primarily the same as lost wax casting, however instead of using a wax model, I use the actual organic material, such as pinecones, poppies or acorns. Because the organic object is burned out during the firing process, hence "lost", a one time metal casting is produced. Each piece is an original, never to be reproduced.