Gothic and romantic aesthetics and ideas have been a longstanding influence on how I think and work. I often think of my sculptures as giving form to spirits, whether ghosts from ‘the other side’ or denizens of a parallel world – or, less literally, from the world of the psychological unconscious that ‘haunts’ reality. These supernatural characters often take masked or hybrid, anthropomorphic form: pagan gods, folk customs and masquerades provide inspiration both for playful creation and for exploring more serious thoughts and fears.

Well, the night is dark