I got my start with a company that produced full-size architectural details, and eventually ended up in the pattern shop making molds and doing R&D. I experimented with traditional plastering techniques and designing a process to create a Corian-like finish, making white portland cement look like Arkansas limestone.

Later, I got to reproduce a cherub head from the 1925 Rich's Department Store and the top half of a figure from the 1905 Terminal Station, both in downtown Atlanta. Some reading at the Kenan Research Center turned up proof of the latter's origin and I learned how to track down information.