Walking with the Sea - Turning with the Sea

 Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli, 1999

115,000 cubic meters of pulverized fuel ash, earth and grass

200m x 300m x 20m high

The idea is like a wave travelling towards a waiting shore. My idea grows according to the geography and feeling of that one site.

The sculpture is shaped by the influence of the existing land, as a wave is shaped by the sloping sea bed. Along with past experiences I bring with me, come new understandings of the place, district and people, as the work progresses. All this naturally filters through into the sculpture and I hope, back out again, in another light, to the people who see and use the place.

As I have been a surfer for most of my life, the forces and energy of the sea have had a strong influence on my sculpture. This earthwork is for me a coming together of the relationship between land, sea and people.

The sculpture is on the edge, turning into the promontory – the Coastal path is elevated by the earthwork.  It is there for people to experience physically; unfolding as they walk the paths, giving views over the park, the surrounding land and across the water to the Gower – a place to feel openness, wind and light before turning down to the small sandy beach.