I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole. I find nature as a whole disturbing. Nature can be harsh – difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn't walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying.

At its most successful, my 'touch' looks into the heart of nature; most days I don't even get close. These things are all part of a transient process that I cannot understand unless my touch is also transient - only in this way can the cycle remain unbroken and the process be complete.

Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.

The things that I make are that which a person will make. They're not meant to mimic nature. They are nothing but the result of a hand of a person.