When I Make A Work, I Often

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.

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 Happening To Me As I Grow Older.

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.

I Soon Realised That What Had Happened On A Small Scale Cannot Necessarily Be Repeated On A Larger Scale. The Stones Were So Big That The Amount Of Heat Required Was Prohibitively Expensive And Wasteful.

The Reason Why The Stone Is Red Is Its Iron Content, Which Is Also Why Our Blood Is Red.