I think when shown on the beach like this, they are not as clearly a piece of art. I found this while I was making some plaster casts of footprints on the beach too. Instead of coming over to look at what I was doing as people do when someone is painting in a public place, people looked at me as though I was some kind of vandal! I also think that Gary's idea of me being an 'erratic', moving things to places they don't belong is very important. When the pieces are taken back to the beach, they just don't work as well.
I therefore tried a collage using Briggate in Leeds. I think that because they look so much more out of place, they work much better. It looks more like a have been walking down Briggate, thinking of home and the stones are like memories.
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