There
is an obsession that many stone carvers share and it is that they find it
difficult to throw anything they cut or carve away. No matter how small and
insignificant the stone may be, there are experiments and explorations in stone
that sometimes cannot be explained. We keep hold and place them on the shelf glancing
at them every day hoping to find a use or an explanation to the unique physical
properties of the form. Suddenly, when working on something else you turn around
one day and there is a unique moment when light enters the studio and shadows
play across the surface of the objects that have preoccupied you for months. It
is just then that the significance and relevance of these forms are transformed
into sculptures and the clarity fills you with vigour.
