Touch Stone

I've stopped counting the days I've been working on this sculpture as I've been focusing on a new commission and all the paperwork that comes with it. I think it might be day 8!!

The days away from it and the reconnection with it again has left me considering a few ideas and a new approach to the carving. One idea I have had has risen from the temptation to always touch the top of the stone column when I'm working it. This has resulted in me rounding the top of the stone and because it stands at 1.5m it is inviting for the viewer to reach out and touch the warm tactile quality of the 'Portland Capsule'. The idea of texturing the lower half of the sculpture has also changed and I have now began to introduce a fluted pattern across its surface. The notion is to explore the history of the landscape through the representation of core sampling while also referencing my physical exploration of the stone and the reductive process of carving.