Born in America, made in China, dead in Doha, reincarnated in Kathmandu—now living in Owasco.
I’m the Executive Director of the West Lake Art Conservation Center, sculptor and stop-motion animator. My path has been anything but straight—creating life-size ice sculptures in Beijing’s summer, porcelain trees at the Smithsonian, underwater bike reefs in Indonesia, and, of course, china in China. I’m also a trained object conservation scientist specialising in Islamic ceramics, 19th century bronzes and contemporary metal/plastic deterioration (My research? Artificial Christmas trees). I like to call them DIY installation art for the masses.
Areas of Expertise
Animation, Art Conservation, Ceramics, China and Greater Asia, Education, India, Nepal, Objects, Qatar, Stop-Motion