Skipper is a piece of black Indian soapstone that has been worked with to remind viewers of the ocean and beach. The stone for Skipper was originally chosen due to its natural geometry and patterns, which seemed to encourage carving a cavern into it. The original plan was to make a small "cave" in the stone, that would have a colorfully illuminated shard of glass at its center. Eventually, the idea shifted to turning the carved section of the stone into a wave shape and then evolved into making the entire stone evoke the ocean, using the carved section as the waves and water, and polishing the "rear" faces that aren't directly facing observers to suggest rocks smoothed by erosion. The texture that started the project will remind viewers of the sand, mimicking the geometries waves make on the beach. The front of the rock beyond the wave and beach faces have been kept as rough rocks, to remind viewers of the cliffs and large un-eroded rock formations that can sometimes be found near and around beaches.