Q- How long have you been sculpting?
A- For about 9 years. Give or take.
Q- What mediums do you use?
A- Mainly wax, but I also use sculpey, castelline, chavant and magic sculpt. Usually depends on the project.
Q- Do you cast, mold and paint all of your sculptures?
A- I just cast and mold all of my work, I use painters, because I don't have time to paint at all these days.
Q- Is there a particular style or way you like to work in?
A- No. I like every piece to look like it has it's own personality, and if there is art involved like a style guide, I'll follow that as close as possible.
Q- Do you prefer realistic, cartoony, stylized or articulated projects?
A- I like all types of projects, the more variation the better, I think this helps me grow as a sculptor.
Q- Do you have a personal favorite sculpt of your own that you like more than any others you have done?
A- I like some of my earlier sculpts when I first got started, its probably my worst stuff, but there were a lot of turning points with some of those pieces.
Q- Is there anybody or company in particular you would like to work with?
A- That doesn't matter to me at all. Anybody and everybody. I've worked for some of the major toy companies and even people who had images they wanted to pop off the paper. I like working with artists, illustrators and designers. A good sculpt usually starts with some really good art, the better the art the better chance of having a kick butt sculpture.
Q- Do you ever do sculptures from scratch with no art drawn up first?
A- Sometimes, I like to experiment with different ideas, approaches and material. Once in a while I'll get an idea in my head and I'll just grab some clay and go for it.
Q - What was your favorite professional sculpture?
A- I would have to say the Urak Hai soldier action figure that I did for Toybiz for their Lord of the Rings line that never got released. I had a lot of fun working on that particular sculpt. There were three different versions of it. The cool thing was I made up a bunch of all of them and they were used it a battlefield display at Toyfare.
Q- Any advice for anybody wanting to get into sculpting, or making toys?
A - Don't get bogged down doing one style, get loose and do it all.
Q- Is there any particular sculptor out there who's work you admire? Try and pick just one.
A- Wow, that's tough. There are a ton of guys out there who's stuff is just amazing, but I would have to say Thomas Blackshear with his Ebony Visions line. That stuff just knocks me out. He's got it all, awesome art too.
Q- What's the future look like for you?
A- Even more range in the sculpts if that's possible, I'll try and push that bar up as far as possible. It's a life long learning process - the trick is not to burn out.