I work from historic pottery, metalwork, woodwork, ivory carvings and archeological fragments to make new pieces of art. Every one is documented to tell what my influences for the work where. Most are one of a kind. It is interesting for me to see how much coping and trading was going on historically. Following the migration of potters across the Middle East and Europe and seeing how different cultures learned from their knowledge and work but added their own flavor inspires me. The same subject matter appear in many different cultures allowing me to take one subject and highlight the ways in which it may have repeated in different time periods and lands.