The
arrival of the Ragstone blocks and boulders has brought with it much
anticipation. I can be a very patient man, but when you have preselected quarry
blocks for so many specific ideas you just want to transpose them onto the
stone instantly. I have a vague idea as to how long each piece should take but
you can never quite tell. Everything from the weather to lack of light, my
tools and most importantly my health always plays a major factor in completing
work for a deadline. The intention is to start with the 2-ton slab and once the
blocking out is complete and I have a sense of how the stone is behaving I can
then turn my attention to the two medium sized carvings. I always like to have
several sculptures on the go at once when making a small body of work. I
believe that the thought process and concepts from working on one sculpture will
feed directly into the next and vice versa.
