My skills include, but are not limited to, ceramics & sculpture, drawing & painting, collage & assemblage, jewelry making & designing, dark humor, writing both poetry and fiction, bookbinding, and clothing embellishment. I’m always teaching myself new things (most recently linoleum block printing, coming soon!) and new techniques for mediums I’m already well-versed in.
 

      I love the idea of "one man's junk is another man's treasure". In fact, I have an entire closet to show for that... Although I definitely buy certain materials new, a lot of my materials are recycled/upcycled from thrift stores, recycling centers, given to me by friends and family - I love old books and magazines being given away at libraries and schools, finding cool sidewalk scores and so on. Happening upon neat stuff in any of these places makes me feel like a child again!

Lately, I'm especially fascinated by the deification of celestial figures and the vast, ancient histories and rituals concerning the worship of the heavenly bodies. I'm also captivated by the ways in which the celestial bodies were and still are personified in art, literature, the occult and so on. The "arcane" is deeply influential - those unique airs of mystery and magic that cloak ancient art, icons, and civilizations. Magic is what I seek - both in art and in everyday life moments. Pagan lore and rituals entrance me, as does Jewish mysticism & literature, and Christian iconography & symbols, among many other things.
 

You'll find that in the past, I focused more on functional ceramics pieces adorned with colorful geometric patterns and shapes. I still love to lose myself in the worlds of shapes, colors, and patterns. What I find so soothing about these elements is the repetition required for manifesting them in my artwork. These days, I aim to incorporate the human face, personified heavenly bodies, bold color, and geometric abstraction with more grounded sculptural and architectural forms, along with dark symbols, ideas, and elements of the occult. I love the Art Nouveau and Art Deco style architecture in Budapest, Hungary, for example. If you take everything mentioned above and add in a very, very generous dose of punk, heavy metal, goth, and general spookiness, you've got me!