Wish Not, Want Not, invites the viewer to reflect upon the power of desire through a dark yet playful cast of unlikely characters. The project explores the legitimacy and potential manipulation of wish-making and examines life as driven by desire. Examples are explored through topics of wish-making traditions, influences from pop culture, and expanding technology. Inspirations for this work include elements of Aesop’s Fables, pop culture, and observed changes in human behavior. We exist within a culture that perpetuates insatiability. Wish Not, Want Not exaggerates desire through the portrayal of desperation and insatiable longing played out by a group of chimpanzees at a fake birthday party. The chimpanzees serve as surrogates for human emotion and behavior, like many animals have in traditional fables and folklore. Clay sculpture is centralized within a large-scale mixed media installation to set the stage for considering wish-making. Viewer's are invited to enter the installation and are given pink party hats to join the birthday party. Wish Not, Want Not, questions he ability to find and sustain satisfaction in life, or if being satisfied is a matter of acceptance and reconditioning.