Last summer, the NEPR team visited my shop while shooting a podcast pilot for a series that comes out in the spring. While I usually tell people there isn’t a specific approach I have to creating, I was once again reminded during our conversation that not everyone can see robots in scrap metal parts. Swear I see them everywhere! (…insert Beautiful Mind or Sixth Sense reference here)
After a few hours with them in my workspace, they invited me to come to their studios for an extended interview the following month. As I sat down in the chair and put the headphones on, it was like riding a bike and it all came right back. One of the waypoints in my journey was spending a few years DJ’ing at Rock 102.
Whether it’s a torch or a microphone – I certainly enjoy creating. How about you?
was thinking of the crazy hair that she would have and as when I was building her skirt, I thought “Miss Murphy would certainly not go outside of the house without being properly accessorized” so I decided to give her a little hand bag.
I received a package one afternoon (a very large and heavy package – condolences to the carrier that had to bring that parcel) which asked that very question.
Had an amazing time working on him, decided what pieces to add to the box and then choosing the next person to send it off to.
Now say that 3x fast – quite the tongue twister huh? I am a bit tongue-tied myself after winning First Place in the mixed media category at the 
When I’m out and about meeting with people, a lot of times people will speak about my robots as if they are alive – “He’s cute”, “What’s her name?”…truth be told, sometimes I think that they’re alive myself! I do see them come together in the disjointed pieces on my bench and find myself telling little anecdotes about them as I’m putting them together. If you’ve seen some of my pieces recently, you know I have been starting to put together biographies for all of my Shopbots. I see the personalities in each of them.