We build in many different ways. We construct by art or skill and labor.  We assemble parts or materials. We build systems of thought. We establish, increase, and strengthen.  As John Ruskin said, “When we build, let us think that we build forever.  Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone.” 

I build in each of these ways, and each part of the construction process is equally important.  I build with parts or materials, interested in their formal, physical and conceptual complexities. I fabricate with skill and labor, forming and developing relationships and communities.  I construct ideas that stem from parts or materials, as well as construct ideas that require a search for the appropriate parts or materials. I fuse and intersect opposing properties, interested in their dualities:  paper, fabric, wire, silk, glue, thread, doll, book, function, non-function, delight, and use.

To build is also to establish, to base, or found: I am founding relationships with my viewers as part of a larger community.