When I Do The Permanent Projects Or

I Am Not A Performer But Occasionally I Deliberately Work In A Public Context. Some Sculptures Need The Movement Of People Around Them To Work.

The Early Firings Contained Many Stones.

My Approach To Photograph Is Kept Simple, Almost Routine. All Work, Good And Bad, Is Documented. I Use Standard Film, A Standard Lens And No Filters. Each Work Grows, Strays, Decays-integral Parts Of A Cycle Which The Photograph Shows At Its Height, Marking The Moment When The Work Is Most Alive. There Is An Intensity About A Work At Its Peak That I Hope Is Expresses In The Image. Process And Decay Are Implicit.

It Takes Between Three And Six Hours To Make Each Snowball, Depending On Snow Quality. Wet Snow Is Quick To Work With But Also Quick To Thaw, Which Can Lead To A Tense Journey To The Cold Store.

A Stone Is Ingrained With Geological And Historical Memories.