My work is a combination of the immediate and the ancient. Sometimes I create as a direct response to a situation in my life at that moment. At other times I apply modern materials to the ancient processes of basketry and weaving.

The materials – copper wire, disposable packaging, and plastic bags - could not have existed either physically or conceptually until the modern age. Physically, they are by-products of industrialization. Conceptually, the notions of disposability, one-time-use, surplus, and waste are also modern inventions.

I feel part of a 20,000 year continuation of the distant past as I reinterpret these ancient art forms. There is a deep satisfaction and a quiet excitement in having this connection with a thousand generations of men and women all over the world, who have done what I do.