This is really exciting. I've never had a website before! I tried blogging a long time ago in high school when I thought people might care about my thoughts, but I never expected I would have the opportunity to put my portfolio online for the whole world to see! It's a little nerve-wracking! I mean, when I was young showing my artwork was sort of an intimate gesture. Now I'm submitting it for the approval of the whole world! I guess that's growth. In any case, I am elated to be here, and I hope you enjoy my work. I hope you'll keep coming to visit to see works in progress, new additions, and of course to keep in touch. Currently, my main goal is preparation for the SETC conference in December. I'm really looking forward to talking to everyone and spreading my net a little wider. This conference was the main reason I have been racing for the finish on this website. I apologize that it's not super Mobile friendly, my web developer and I are working on making it more phone and tablet accessible. Some interesting projects in the works right now are a giant 12-foot tall puppet I am building for Logan Utah's Lyric Repertory Theater's production of A Christmas Carol. It's one of the three ghosts of Christmas (The Ghost of Christmas Present). This is actually the second larger-than-life puppet I have ever worked on (the first being "truly horrific" from Shockheaded Peter. These projects are always a beast to get proportions down on because your proximity to an insanely large object warps your perspective. Plus, the designer opted for vacuum-formed objects which cut down significantly on weight but are difficult to firm up; That is, to make it rigid because vacuum form plastic...