I had begun my casting experiments using natural forms with no particular end in mind.  I was pouring plaster directly over the organic object and then burning the object out of the mold in the kiln and I was accumulating an  odd assortment of cast glass plant and animal parts.  At one point, I tried attaching some of them to blown shapes...and with that everything changed.  As soon as I added a pair of feet to a sphere, it got up and walked around the room. I was astounded.  Suddenly, this abstract shape became a character; it had mysteriously acquired a personality, a sense of humour or a tragic past.   I found myself becoming attached to these pieces, wanting to discover their history.  It was as if while walking down a hall I passed a door I had never before noticed, slightly ajar.  I gave the door a little nudge and it opened and I wandered in.  It turned out to be a vast chamber, a room I never even knew existed in the house of glass.                                                                                                                                                                      - excerpt from talk given while guest artist at ACAD, 2012