These objects are recreations of balsa-wood airplanes and are based on a series of memories and childhood dreams. They represent the freedom and possibilities of youth. Through process and contemplation, these recollections have become physical visions of past, present, and future. Many of us have played with balsa-wood airplanes as children and associate those objects with memories of childhood. Here they become nostalgic symbols of the liberty and wonder of play, ceramic reminders of the fragility of youthful dreams.