What in particular do you find interesting about the Neroche landscape at this point in the project?
I love the abundance of plant life, bird sounds, animal tracks, and since I’m reading about stories and folklore in Somerset, I’m hearing also another subterranean layer of sounds – the trees talking, people from past ages driving their cattle, gossiping, minding the forest….
In what way has this project affected your personal artistic practice so far?
I’m going to start carving the longest tree trunk yet – it’s 16 and-a-half metres long – so it gives me great scope to develop and spread carved images. These will be in some kind of narrative, I think, but the new length will be a wonderful challenge.
