“My medium is wood. My favorite style is the Arts and Crafts, Prairie, Mid-Century Modern – the simple, timeless looks that those styles give. I’ve always loved the look of those in houses and architecture, and then the matching furniture to go with them as...
“A proud moment for me was a necklace piece that I made. I tried to do a piece at the end of my course that had almost all the techniques that I learned in it. I wanted to make something that was special for me. I actually made two of them that had all those things....
“I’m a jewelry maker, and that means a lot of different things to different people. I mostly am a metal worker and an enamelist. I work with sterling silver, copper, brass, and enamel to create jewelry of all different kinds, mostly earrings and pendants but also...
“Filmmaking as an art form is so collaborative. You’ve got the writer, cinematographer, costumer, actors, etc. You have to bring all these talented artists together to create one work of art. And I think that’s what makes it so amazing is because it doesn’t work...
“The story goes back about eight years. I started interviewing Indiana potters all around the state for a project that I was doing with Traditional Arts Indiana. I happened to go up to Goshen to interview Mark Goertzen and Dick Lehman. They both said, ‘Hey, we’re...
“It started out being sort of production-oriented, and it’s becoming more and more one of a kind as time is going along. Whereas I used to make a lot of mugs at one time, I’m slowing down a little and paying a little more attention to each piece as it goes along. I...
