Flying back to Colorado from the New York show gave me time to slow down and reflect on the past three days. The show was an amazing success! The Guild did a wonderful job of putting the show together and the displays enabled everyone who has only seen photos of the work, to physically touch it and get a better perspective of how the pieces really do look.

I had fun giving a presentation on my work and thank you to all of those who attended and for filling every last seat in the room. I enjoyed letting you into my world of thought and explaining my process of developing an idea from concept to the final piece. Your questions were also a thrill to answer. I wanted to use this blog over the next few weeks to show those that did not make it to the show, the slides that were used and a few comments that I discussed in more depth in New York. Please respond with any thoughts of your own and any questions you were not able to ask at the presentation or have now.

“Below you can see how I have used a bridge as the inspiration for my arched coffee table, sometime the place or object of inspiration is unknown and it may be more subconscious. I have probably seen over a thousand bridges in my life but it wasn’t until I was walking down town Chicago that in an instant an idea for this coffee table came to me. I walking in to a bank and drew the idea on the back of a deposit slip. You can have a great idea but until you put it down on paper it will never materialize or will be simply be forgotten.”