the real joy of any craftsman is not a finished product but the material
he works with, time spent and the process of engaging with it. elemental
earthly materials carry uncountable years of life experience. the
craftsman’s task is to listen with an open heart to his medium, to
intuit the story of its journey into his hands and to help it become. i
have worked in many mediums this past 20 years, paint and pencil, the
culinary arts, wood hide and water in the building of traditional skin
boats, footwear spanning the ages , and of course sound. a minority of
one is a tool for extracting the raw sonic material of my everyday life.
it is also the shop and workbench upon which i pattern, cut and stitch
those pieces into something that tells our shared story.
