Slashed Stones:

Slashed Stone 1, Soapstone 19 x15 x 19cm

Slashed Stone 2, Soapstone 18 x 18 x17cm

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Steve Dilworth is renowned for his use of a vast range of natural materials, mostly found around the remote Isle of Harris, Scotland, where he lives. He has been using ‘once-living’ objects in his work long before it was fashionable. The internal and external parts of his sculptures are considered equally, and many are containers holding other elements, some arevvisible, some are not. His ritualised method of construction adds a shamanistic quality to the work

“I’ve never put the title ‘shaman’ on myself, but I think that all art is at heart shamanistic. It provides a bridge between the physical and metaphysical. I create objects that I feel are archetypal and connect us on a deep internal level. I use materials in which I find some sort of energy - and make things out of them”