I was always doing films, but the ceramics didn't come until later. I did take ceramics in university, which gave me an appetite for the medium, but I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with it yet.

After finishing art school I was applying to stores like Home Depot and Walmart. You know, places where you have to take a urine test before you get your minimum wage. Even those places wouldn't hire me. So I was lucky when I got included in a group show at the Richard Heller gallery that kind of started my art career.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

I actually prefer the silent black and white version of the Wizard Of Oz from the 20's.

I'm not a trained dancer in the slightest.

P.I.L. has been a favorite of mine since high school especially there metal box album. The guitarist Keith Levine gets some of the best sounds ever to come out of a guitar. The songs are really free form and experimental and have a heavy dub influence.

I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen.