Our tools can be worked upon to enhance our connection with our world. There is a point at which the focus on innovation exhausts its purpose.  

As I make spoons, I wonder if I am going too far. Perhaps the tools we continue to perfect and give importance to atrophy quicker than we can anticipate. 

As a metalsmith, I use the technique of forging precious metal to explore how we may alter our value systems, further transforming how we interpret our surroundings.