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The first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the stone was far more interesting than the drawing that I had done on it.
- Early
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The early firings contained many stones.
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The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.
- I Am
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Fire is the origin of stone. By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source.
- Committing
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I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.
- Big
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I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated on a larger scale. The stones were so big that the amount of heat required was prohibitively expensive and wasteful.
- Experiencing
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Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.
- Enough
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Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far.
- Possible
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Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form.
- Melt
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It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.
- Leaf
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As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.
- Fire
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I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.
- Ideas
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A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.
- Mountain
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