I'm not a performer, in that I don't like the public, but I work in that respect.

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.

If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.

There's a huge number of things that are occurring with the ice works which fascinate me enormously, but it's driven by this kind of frantic race against time. And whilst that creates a huge amount of tension and problems, it's a tension that I think I feed off.

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.

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.