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The Quarry as Sculpture: The Place of Making

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  • David A Paton

    (Geography/Environmental Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Peter Lanyon Building, Cornwall Campus Tremough, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, England)

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This paper traces a geographical reading of worked Cornish granite, evidenced by a sustained period of research in Trenoweth Dimension Granite quarry near Penryn, in Cornwall. As a sculptor exploring a practice of geography, I weave a narration of my auto-ethnographic research as an apprentice sawman and mason into a discourse on time and materiality. I focus on processes of accumulating familiarity with material subjects, leading to the erosion of fixed surface structures. I address issues arising from this research related to place making; identifying modes of representation, craft, labour practices, and the relational activities of worked matter within the context of a working quarry. Taking Ingold's call to redress material culture's emphasis on materiality over materials, I argue for an appreciation of matter as sentient, where the destabilised surface forms the conduit for richer relations to form and grow.

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  • David A Paton, 2013. "The Quarry as Sculpture: The Place of Making," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 45(5), pages 1070-1086, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:45:y:2013:i:5:p:1070-1086
    DOI: 10.1068/a45568
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    1. Isla Forsyth & Hayden Lorimer & Peter Merriman & James Robinson, 2013. "Guest Editorial," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 45(5), pages 1013-1020, May.

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