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

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

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"Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next."

Seasons

"It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store."

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"As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone."

Work

"Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch."

Being

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

People

"I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames."

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"People do not realise that many of my works are done in urban places. I was brought up on the edge of Leeds, five miles from the city centre-on one side were fields and on the other, the city."

People

"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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"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 about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another."

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