I have worked as an artist and sculptor for fifty years in the media for which I was trained.  My direction dramatically changed when my job required me to teach textiles.  I had grown up in a household where fibers were a part of daily life, my mother and grandmother knitted, sewed, quilted and crocheted, but I had never considered this part of my life as integral to my artistic work.  The loom and the act of weaving however brought memories not only of childhood, but also an awareness of my ethnic heritage.  Today fibers have become the paint and metal wherein I work.  I feel my training , my heritage and my artistic talent have found completion in the act of weaving.