Mace has described his own work as "non-political" and "self-indulgent,"[REF] but content of a surreal nature - animal legs substituted by elaborately "carved" piano legs, for example - has led some reviewers to read symbolism into his work [REF].
Mace has often incorporated materials reflecting the same "proletarian" origins of his ballpoint pens;[REF] office supplies and stationery such as loose leaf paper, corporate letterheads or memo pads, and post-it notes have all been utilized [REF].