THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS COLLECTION WERE THREE OBJECTS: AN ANCIENT VASE MADE BY MY ANCESTOR DOILIES MADE BY HIS WIFE AND AN ICON MADE BY THEIR DAUGHTER. THESE OBJECTS INSPIRED ME WITH THEIR MEANINGS. SILHOUETTES AND TEXTURES I WANTED TO CONVEY THE FEELINGS THAT THESE STORIES EVOKE - THE FEELINGS OF NATIVITY. THE UNIQUENESS OF EACH OBJECT.