LaCheda started his artistic career involving himself with the materiality of calf-lard rendered bath soap but barely made a living given it’s poor archivability. Through this study he became concerned with the relationship of the human body to lukewarm water. In particular, he was interested in what this had to say about mankind’s greater purpose in the world. Seeking to preserve the ephemeral qualities of skin soaked in a bathtub LaCheda developed quite the unique process where he would soak for many hours while listening to Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch's “Good Vibrations” on repeat. He would then exit the bathtub, roll around in printers ink, and press his body on Arches Watercolor Paper (300lb Cold Press). The works created by this process were known as “Messages from the Maker”. LaCheda believed that these works were instructions from a spiritual plane intended to show him the way to save the world. LaCheda died at age 72.