The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.

I go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the two.

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects.

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

There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years.

For me looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. Place is found by walking, direction determined by weather and season. I take the opportunity each day offers: if it is snowing, I work in snow, at leaf-fall it will be leaves; a blown over tree becomes a source of twigs and branches.