His most oft-used material is stone – one of his most famous works, Stone House, can be found in Herring, Australia. Goldsworthy produced a piece inspired by San Francisco earthquakes – the piece featured a giant crack in a pavement that branched off into smaller cracks, made by a hammer and thus spontaneous and original.
« I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work. »
Andy Goldsworthy
His materials solely pertain to nature; twigs, stones, petals and mud are just a few of the many materials that comprise his work; he also often works solely with his hands, teeth and makeshift tools, as well as enlisting the help of traditional dry-stone wallers for a
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His most oft-used material is stone – one of his most famous works, Stone House, can be found in Herring, Australia. Goldsworthy produced a piece inspired by San Francisco earthquakes – the piece featured a giant crack in a pavement that branched off into smaller cracks, made by a hammer and thus spontaneous and original.
« I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work. »
Andy Goldsworthy
His materials solely pertain to nature; twigs, stones, petals and mud are just a few of the many materials that comprise his work; he also often works solely with his hands, teeth and makeshift tools, as well as enlisting the help of traditional dry-stone wallers for a few of his instalments, notably ‘Roof’. (
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