“Opening my innermost mind to the visions not yet seen is ecstasy beyond words… to observe my hands molding metal into form and shape as if it were a massage… to watch it being textured and ground as if it were the Fourth of July… to cast paint and finish on the art is as if it were a dance. Watching someone tilting their head, moving back, moving forth, and walking around to see it from all sides.”
— Lance T. Carleton