Sanctum draws together ancient landscapes, the forms of living things and the shelter suggested by an enclosing shape. Ferns, fossil spirals, Whitby Jet and the enduring presence of Whitby Abbey belong to its world. I develop each design through proportion, texture and the relationship between solid form and open space, then cast, work and finish it myself. The marks of making remain part of its character. Within these forms lies an awareness of our own impermanence: a living hand shaping something that will outlast it.