When Bobbie first came to the studio her impression was not unlike most folks in that it was a chaotic, noisy, dirty place full of strange equipment and tons of odd pieces of metal called "junk" by many. But very early on, her curiosity and creative drive motivated her to find out just how some of this equipment worked. With a few lessons behind her, she was soon Mig welding pieces of metal together and cutting out shapes with a plasma torch. She said, "All of a sudden I started seeing the "junk" as creative possibility and the formerly uninviting place became absolutely magical." As a painter and graphic artist, she had discovered a new pallet with which to create and took to the new tools as if the instruction codes were there all along.