Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.

Quote by Andy Goldsworthy

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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.

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the...

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the...

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

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...

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

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

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.

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

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...

Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.

Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.

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...

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.

The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There...

The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There...

Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain...

Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain...

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...

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...

Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally...

Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally...

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...

I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated...

I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated...

The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is...

The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is...

Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century...

Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century...