The process of the body changing and making a whole human fascinates me.

When I was a school kid I used to read lots of comics. This started me on drawing, I would make my own comics about my teddy bear whose name happened to be Ted.

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 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've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

I had always loved Joseph Cornell and wanted to do something with dioramas.