I had been working on this series of sculptures made from hate books for a few months when a series of stories ran in Lee newspapers in Montana and Wyoming in April, 2004 about the racist group, including the original story about my using these books, along with another artist, Kate Hunt of Kalispell, to create art.

As soon as that story appeared I began to get hate mail from members of the group. When Montana Human Rights Network turned those messages over to the police, a routine they have become used to in their line of work, another story about the hate mail response to my sculptures ran in the Lee papers.

To my gratification, this article prompted a flood of support from around the country for me and the artworks. I also heard from a couple guys who have been monitoring the World Church of the Creator (WCC), including the intelligence officer from the prison in Chicago where Matt Hale, "Pontifex Maximus" of the WCC, is currently in prison.

The messages I received included veiled threats that were seemingly intended to be as frightening as possible while keeping the authors, who use aliases like 'Bro. "Snow" LeCates', safely anonymous. But apparently even their rallying cry, "RAHOWA!" (short for 'racial holy war') violates the law and sure enough, even anonymous web messages are traceable. As a result a local programmer followed their trails and apparently got their e-mail services shut down as the hate mail stopped, though I did get a string of harassing phone calls over the next few days. Story by KTVH News, Helena, MT