I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.
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Breaking stone with a hammer is a familiar and acceptable way of working the material, but is in fact a more violent response than firing.
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The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.
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People do not realise that many of my works are done in urban places. I was brought up on the edge of Leeds, five miles from the city centre-on one side were fields and on the other, the city.
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A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.
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It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.
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