MAD is lucky to have had the opportunity to work with Paul for two recent past exhibitions: Second Lives, and Pricked: Extreme Embroidery.

Paul has created an entire collection of flying machines, some looking like homemade airplanes, and others a bit more fanciful. Example: the round object over his right shoulder leaning up against the tool cabinet is a homemade jetpack. Paul didn't mention if this was actually functional... (photo: courtesy of Paul Villinski)

We can vouch - Paul cut up some very nice LPs (this one is Combat Rock from the Clash).

Much of Paul's works hints at the mechanical and the functional. One of the major projects Paul was working on in 2008 was his Emergency Response Studio, a mobile artists workspace designed around the trailers FEMA delivered to post-Katrina New Orleans. It's a really interesting project that is actually functional. More details in this video and here. Another mechanically-inclined project: that fan behind Paul uses a large turbine (installed outdoors) to drive a tiny little fan (installed indoors).

The tiny insects in these photos are made out of an unexpected material: crushed and re-shaped beer cans. Paul often modifies this readily-available material (he picks them up off the streets near his studio in Queens) with a coat of paint after cutting, but sometimes, the original labels are clearly visible (as in this photo). (photo: courtesy of Paul Villinski)