The materials I use for my sculptures are weathered man-made and natural materials. As I gather (and subsequently manipulate and assemble) these materials, I become an archivist, preserving and bringing into new relationships oddities from material culture and natural history that would otherwise disappear into the planetary dumpster.Wood, metal, and stone are slowly degraded and composted in the natural course of things, and most of the millions of tools, shirts, bowls, and other products of human manufacture are discarded and lost in time. Therefore, objects that are preserved, plucked out of this rush toward oblivion, take on a numinous quality that elevates them to a kind of iconic status. From this serene height, my sculptures may sing about ultimate meaning, great significance, and the joy of things that are the colors of the earth.