Martin Hill

I saw Martin Hill's work on a postcard and felt the need to research his method and reasoning fo his sculptures. On his website he describes his work as being

'informed by cyclic principles on which nature works,'

In other words, his sculptures use natural elements but are temporary sculptures and the elements return to nature.

Here is one of his first sculptures 'Stone Cirlce'...

The sculpture uses pumice stones threaded onto a bent willow stick. When seen at the right angle the reflection of the arh creates a full cirlce. Once the photograph was taken the sculpture would have been taken apart.

Also, here is Hill's 'Floating Stones'...


Porous pumice stones can float and Hill has taken advantage of this. Small sticks were placed in the sand beneath the surface of the water to keep the stones in place. I feel this is more successful than the previous sculpture becuase this formation is very delicate and can be naturally destroyed and taken back by nature (which is Hill's ethos) whereas the 'Stone Circle' would have required some physical construction.