The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.

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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,...

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...

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.

Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it...

Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it...

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat,...

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat,...

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...

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a...

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a...

The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why...

The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

The early firings contained many stones.

The early firings contained many stones.

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...

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.