I wanted to create something that would make my community proud, something that would show we can do great things with our own hands.

The other thing about modern society and why it causes this anxiety, is that we have nothing at its center that is non-human. We are the first society to be living in a world where we don't worship anything other than ourselves. We think very highly of ourselves, and so we should; we've put people on the Moon, done all sorts of extraordinary things. And so we tend to worship ourselves.

The materials I use are not just objects; they are carriers of meaning.