Artist Statement

Sculpture outdoors presents me with something of a challenge: I find myself wondering whether the site would be better left empty. When nature is doing its job of occupying a space it seems that it could easily make a fool of one who assumed they can better it, yet we have an impetus to occupy and control space and we need to construct shelters for ourselves.

Shortly after arriving at Broomhill the word ‘fecund’ came into my mind and lodged itself there for the duration of the installation. As the issues of hubris and fecundity jostled in my mind with the desire to create a shelter in the woods, my solution was to half-occupy the space and allow nature to join the party, so I left the igloo frame open and vulnerable to its environment.

The final piece suggests a thwarted or abandoned project to make the camp in the woods, but occupies the space subtly so that at some angles it becomes almost invisible.