These seemingly everyday objects are intended to spark reactions by the viewer. The objects can be looked at on various levels. I am interested in engaging viewers through the use of humor. Viewers choose to see these objects as "one liners", or they can ponder the object more closely. Humor enables them to approach the object and the idea more openly. They might recognize a familiar object used in a different context than it is normally seen, made of an unexpected material leading them to contemplate various ideas suggested by this incongruous relationship. These objects employ the rebus principle to create "visual puns". The combination of unconventional materials along with word play enhances the meaning of the object.
Many of my pieces pertain to types of craft, which are historically reserved for women. I want the viewer to consider a time when our professions and hobbies were dictated by gender. The labor-intensive methods used to create these pieces are equally as important to me as the pieces themselves.

I am not bound to any one process. I try to use processes, which mount the meaning of the object. Proper material choices enhance the concept. Some objects are important for me to laboriously make, but other objects I send out to be industrially cast. This impersonal aesthetic and distance from the hand that is the result of industrial casting from a ready made object, reinforces my intent and makes the idea seem more universally accessible.