My Work Comes First, Reasons

We Often Forget That We Are Nature. Nature Is Not Something Separate From Us. So When We Say That We Have Lost Our Connection To Nature, We’ve Lost Our Connection To Ourselves.

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.

There Is Life In A Stone. Any Stone That Sits In A Field Or Lies On A Beach Takes On The Memory Of That Place. You Can Feel That Stones Have Witnessed So Many Things.

Confrontation Is Something That I Accept As Part Of The Project Though Not Its Purpose.

Abandoning The Project Was Incredibly Stressful After Having Gone Through The Process Of Building The Room, Installing The Kiln, Collecting The Stones, Sitting With The Kiln Day And Night As It Came To Temperature, Experiencing The Failures.