My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is…

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Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst...

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst...

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France,...

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France,...

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some...

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some...

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would...

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would...

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on...

As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on...

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place...

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place...

The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was...

The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was...

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity...

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity...

It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.

It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.

The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply...

The hardened mass of liquid stones had much stronger qualities than those which had simply...

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

People do not realise that many of my works are done in urban places. I...

People do not realise that many of my works are done in urban places. I...

Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve...

Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve...

Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.

Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.

People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.

Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the...

Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the...

Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps...

Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps...