I want to more deeply understand the essence of the materials and forms of the things that comprise what is most valuable in our lives.

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When I look around and see what we have collectively created, I notice that the things and places humans have built that resonate most with me are anchored somehow at some singular point in time. It is because they reference a specific  place, revealing the ineffable thing that is cultivated and captured in various materials for eons before we meet it. The tree, the rock, the flax, the field. If allowed, the grinding of time and elemental forces can be made visible in a single piece of art or craft, in a single home or building or campus, imbuing it with a grandeur greater than the simple elements that comprise it.