Passing Place, 2026
Foraged soil and clay, lime, grass, MDF and plywood

In Passing Place (2026), part of a walking route within the Arrochar Alps is represented by two lines of soil, formed into simple geometric forms which mimic both the archetypal form of a mountain and a line between places. On a micro level the sculptures replicate the effects of geological time in mountain landscapes and will shift and entropy the longer they are exhibited, losing their man-made form and becoming more natural in their appearance.

Centrally to the piece, these two lines of soil are connected by a shared mountainous form which expresses the transmutational effects of mountain landscapes which flit between mountainous form and the human connection to place through the built environment, evoked through the form of a dwelling. Finally, it attempts to become a passage between location, historical connections to land and something devotional in its approach.