I like to work surrounded by my materials. Letting everything get aquatinted, I think of it as a dance.

Each item has it’s texture, color, shape and rhyme. I never really know how they are going to blend together.

One step in the carved clasp

I often work at night, a common rhythm for me is something like 8-9 pm to 2-3 am . The late, night, quiet, dance.

Sometimes by candle light

I was once asked what inspired me, I had to think about it. It’s in the certain way different materials present themselves that we find them appealing. I think that art is it’s own inspiration, it just needs someone to perform with .

In order for anything to exist it needs a design and design is Art .

So I’d say that Art came first. craig mitchell