When I was at art school, a lot of art education is about art being a means of self-expression, and as an 18-year-old I didn't know if I had a huge amount I wanted to express. It was a big moment when I decided I wanted to shift the emphasis or the intention of my art from something I disgorged myself upon and something that actually fed me or made me see the world or understand the world.

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

My approach to photograph is kept simple, almost routine. All work, good and bad, is documented. I use standard film, a standard lens and no filters. Each work grows, strays, decays-integral parts of a cycle which the photograph shows at its height, marking the moment when the work is most alive. There is an intensity about a work at its peak that I hope is expresses in the image. Process and decay are implicit.

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.

It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.

I take the opportunity each day offers.

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