A distinctive feature of the Lott's work is the use of found materials. He realized early on that the cost of art materials was prohibitive, not only for him, but also for all artists of limited means. At the same time, he saw that in a commodity-driven culture, a wealth of materials, in the form of discards, is available to any artist for the taking. Lott employs these urban castoffs: wire, broken glass, tree roots and branches, scraps of costume jewelry, furniture legs, metal bed frames and springs, and discarded paper in his sculptural work.
