"When I build my work, I concentrate on the interior of the vessel, with a visual awareness that the exterior takes its form from the internal template. Although the inside of each piece is hidden and enclosed, my hope is that the viewer can imagine it by examining the exterior and the empty space that the piece occupies. This idea of inside and outside is very similar to how we see ourselves as people. It is the belief that one’s internal being, one’s interior essence, is manifested on one’s exterior, and vice versa."