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.

I think that any sculpture is a response to its environment. It can be brought to life or put to sleep by the environment.

The early firings contained many stones.

My art recognizes the human place, the human context - especially in Britain, which is a landscape so worked by people for thousands of years, written, deeply ingrained with the presence of people.

Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.

There is life in a stone. Any stone that sits in a field or lies on a beach takes on the memory of that place. You can feel that stones have witnessed so many things.

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