At present we have the brilliant Welsh based abstract stone
figure carver Matthew Billington. Working amidst the historic
stones of Wales he is certainly inspired by the ancient carvers
but also brings fluidity into his stone head sculpture that
suggests his figures were frozen 'mid-morph' in
molten stone. Both Easter Island and Dali spring to my mind
when I experience his stone head sculpture. The cool,
dark Welsh slate he mostly uses, smoothed like ice,
lends a power to his pieces that is compelling...
and compells you to touch...
