“Innovation is a dirty word in my life. There are artists and institutions that are addicted to it and who innovate for its own sake. I consider innovation a privilege, not a right. It’s a privilege for me to stumble upon a problem that needs a solution. I spend 99 percent of my time just doing push-ups, focusing on the basics. I’ll go for long periods with nothing new happening, but I still have a lot of work to do. I clean my workshop, sharpen my chisels, tidy up. I make sure my equipment is ready so that when inspiration strikes, I don’t have to go to the store to buy red paint. That’s my number- one strategy: Be prepared.
“I used to carry around an 8.5-by-11-inch blank book with 212…
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Outside (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2017