I find a connection with Mother Nature and meaning of life through the creation of ceramic art. When I moved to Japan in 2006, I won awards in Mashiko and Mino for the raku horsehair technique. With this technique one removes red hot pieces from the kiln and applies horsehair or other materials and fumes them. This results in exquisite warm earthenware colors, and expresses the elegance and harmony of nature through my abstract designs, the interplay between line and form, and surface treatment.