The idea of, say, the compressed space between the floor and the object hanging over it and then the long space between the object and the ceiling was a kind of interesting idea for me - the idea of compressing and expanding. That was an idea that I worked with, which you could only do sculpturally. You can't really do with a painting on the wall.

I don't really use still photography very much anymore except to document my work.

I am a very lucky artist in the sense that I have had all my life a lot of opportunities to do what I want to do.

I wanted my style to be very recognizable.

I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece.

I have to say, I'm not someone who's really big into my family history - never really was very curious about it. The only thing I know about it is what I picked up from my aunts and parents.

I work sometimes with dealers and sometimes people just come to me. A lot of the commissions, they just know me. They have seen something and they just approach me.