As a means for creating an unsettling tension in a sculpture, I use shifts and inconsistencies of scale and movement. I produce "anxious objects." It seems to me an approach to content that most expresses the reality of our lives. Humor laces my work; like my ghetto forebears, I need to laugh at the dark.

 

Since 1992, two series of work, both involving movement and interaction, have occupied me. The first, inspired by the Gulf War and my own concerns, is "War Toys". These are a flock of comic, ferocious, fantastic machines with wheels and clumsy movement. I made them small-ankle to knee high-to give the viewer an opportunity for Olympian detachment. On the other hand, they are pet-size, seductively interesting, and inviting to play with.