Place has worked since the 1970s as a sculptor, jeweler and illustrator.  His sculpture has been exhibited on the White House Christmas tree, in the New York State Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, and the Irish American Heritage Museum.  Place’s jewelry has been exhibited in the American Craft Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Montclair Art Museum, the Summit Art Center, the International Wilhelm Muller Competition (which toured museums in Germany), the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, and in numerous galleries in the United States, Ireland, Britain, and Japan.  He was awarded a 1984-85 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship  and the Niche Magazine award for outstanding achievement in metal sculpture in 1990 and 1991.