THE WORK BEGAN WITH THE ELEMENTAL INCISION CARVED THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE OF THE RIVER.

LEAVES, BRANCHES AND BARK WERE COLLECTED FROM THE ESTATE’S WOODLANDS AND MOULDED TO MAKE TEXTURAL MARKS WITHIN THE PIECE. 

EVERY MARK WITHIN THE PIECE, EACH SCRATCH AND TEAR, CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A MOMENT IN TIME WITHIN THOSE FEW DAYS IN SCOTLAND.

WE BEGAN CASTING THE HANDS OF ALL THOSE THAT HAD WORKED THE LAND OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS AND OF THE FAMILY WHO LIVED THERE. 

STONES AND ROCKS WERE COLLECTED FROM THE RIVER BED AND SHAVED TO CREATE FLECKS OF LIGHT WITHIN OUR HAND CARVED RIVER BED.

THE WATER WAS CARRIED BACK TO OUR LONDON STUDIO IN VATS AND USED TO MAKE MARKS THROUGHOUT THE SURFACE OF THE WORK.