Armand has been carving Kachinas for many years, but only began carving professionally and for a source of income about 1993. Even now much of his time is taken up with his activities with and for the Hopi Tribe. He is a self-described "activist." Although he will not go into details about what this entails, one can speculate based upon the friction that exists between the so called "traditionalists" of the Hopi and those members of the Tribe who favor, or at least do not oppose, more interaction and even perhaps integration with the "outside" world. As a result of his activism, Armand usually only carves 2 to 3 major pieces each year. He will do several smaller less detailed kachinas at the same time to insure an income. As is usually the case, Armand comes from a family of artists. His father is Alfred Fritz (also a Kachina carver) and his mother, now deceased, was Marcia Richey or "Masayse," a potter. Armand has been entering the annual Santa Fe Indian Market since1998, and has won several awards including First in 1999.