I have to admit that I’ve not been at the quarry apart from to meet the team who work there. I find these meet and greet things daunting. One thing that struck me though was that I was some how more accepted or understood because I’m a sculptor rather than a painter. Maybe it’s because I work with my hands. When I was studying, my grandfather, asked me when I was going to get a proper job. If you didn’t work with your hands, you weren’t a worker and by default lazy. One of the team also wanted to make sure I wasn’t doing work just for myself.
At the moment, I’m not doing any work – there’s no water at the studio yet. Trying to be polite about not getting in the way of the quarry’s work BUT I need to get in and start working with my hands!
