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" I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be. "

Cornelia Parker

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" Being a sculptor who uses found objects, all the objects I use in my work have been designed by other people. So I'm tweaking them in some way by squashing them or throwing them off cliffs! Then I formalise my damage by suspending them or arranging them in some kind of way. So I'm using other people's design in a way, so I'm an 'un-maker.' "

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" I never got to play as a child. All my spare time was spent working on my family's smallholding. "

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" I'm trying not to go through that midlife dip that artists tend to have. "

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