The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.

Quote by Andy Goldsworthy

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Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

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...

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...

The early firings contained many stones.

The early firings contained many stones.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

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...

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...

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 enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

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

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

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...

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.