A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it. It is different than patience. It is not thinking. It is working wi….

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work..

I have to understand the nature of change. And I cannot just work with stone or the more permanent materials. I need to work with leaves and ice and ….

Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through my work. I need the shock of touch, t….

One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I….

When I’m working with materials it’s not just the leaf or the stone, it’s the processes that are behind them that are important. That’s what I’m tryi….

The essence of drawing is the line exploring space..

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me ….

The process of growth is obviously critical to my understanding of the land and myself. So the process is far more unpredictable with far more compro….

Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happeni….

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way..

The main reason I went to digital was because I got time-lapse, video, and still images all in one camera. Having a minimal amount of gear is really ….

I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense..

When it does get below freezing and there is - it's cold enough for ice to form, then that changes the whole landscape, and it makes the landscape a ….

Looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. T….

Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those abou….

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

If I'm going to understand the land, I have to understand the wind, the snow, the rain, the leaves, the ice, and changes in temperature. It just refl….

The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects..

Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private..

It's just that when I work on someone else's land, it makes me aware of the social nature of that landscape..