Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the materials inside them, but in the way that they appear caged, captured.

Quote by Andy Goldsworthy

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

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.

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...

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.

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality....

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality....

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...

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...

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.

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

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 stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

The first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the...

The first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the...

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 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...