In my latest work, I’m drawn to the concept of rascuachismo which describes the creative reuse of ordinary items in the pursuit of defiance or nonconformity through the eyes of a trickster or underdog. My love of making objects started one day in the 2nd grade in Eagle Pass when my teacher introduced us kids to Play-Doh. Many years later, after receiving my BFA from the New York Academy of Art in the mid-1990’s, I worked as a studio assistant for Jeff Koons in NYC. There I served as the lead artist on Koons’ large-scale sculpture ‘Play Doh’, bringing me full-circle in my journey as a sculptor.