I have been described as an “intuition artist”, which is a polite way of saying that I don’t plan. I take an image, a thought or a dream and begin to create. When I am asked what the texture or colour of my sculpture will be, I rarely have an answer. This is exciting as well as frustrating, as I sometimes end up with a doubt: “perhaps I should have done this differently”. But to me, that is part of the joy of sculpting.

I recently spent time in Berlin and was amazed by both the quality and quantity of contemporary art; and the Berliners’ attitude to World War 2. Instead of burying the horrors and trying to erase them from history, they have adopted a “this should never happen again” philosophy. There are numerous monuments that relate to the war and are a lasting reminder of what happened. In particular, walking through the over 2700 concrete slabs of the Holocaust Memorial made a lasting impression on me. My installation, “Berlin”, is the result.

Image: Ron Tuck, Berlin, 2020; photo: Greg Piper

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