Somehow, I have weaved three major strands into my working life: acting, working with children with emotional needs and, for the past 27 years, carving stone and wood. My Swan Song as an actor was in 2014 playing Malvolio on Broadway, NY. Since then, carving has fully taken over.

But maybe the strands have influenced each other. My sculptures have explored Attachment and Separation, Fragility and Vulnerability. And they all seem to seek a stage where they can act out their stories and touch on an inner life.

Anyway, that’s what I hope and try for.

And I love working with stone; travelling to quarries all over the place to explore different textures and colours. But it’s heavy and as I get older I am forced to work with smaller pieces even though I dream of the really big one.

It seems such a long time ago since I first trundled my barrow, stone and tools to work in a remote corner of Regents Park. And such a parade of figures has walked out, since then, to find a stage in all those homes. That makes me very happy.