Miss Murphy, was named for my mother-in-law. Her pieces are from materials I found in her house a few years ago after she passed. As I was putting her together and thinking of stories about the time spent with Jean – how she always made me laugh and how I always made her laugh too.
I 
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.
Of course she still has some wild hair – that goes with her wild style. For more pictures of Miss Murphy visit my Flickr page.
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.
I am super fortunate to have met so many amazing gallery owners, curators and artists who put together shows and pop-up stores over the past few months that I have been invited to show at.
Terry: From the first time at 8 yrs. old when I dismantled my grandfather’s Bulova Accutron watch to see what was on the inside, I knew wanted to tinker more and create things. I have always loved Legos, Tinker Toys and Erector Sets along with a healthy obsession for video games and sci-fi movies – one day I put on my welding mask on and found a robot lying in the pile of junk in front of me.
Terry: Hackers, tinkerers, builders, knitters, and home brewers – whatever you identify with, I think we are all makers in some fashion and it is inspiring to see the self-made rather than mass-produced. The biggest maker movement misconception (say that 3 times fast!) I see is that making is about the end result and perhaps even that only certain people can do it.