Durham Cathedral is the finest example of Norman architecture in the world. The Neville's Screen, which forms a backdrop to the High Altar, originally contained a number of statues which disappeared during the Reformation.

The Dean and the Chapter of Durham Cathedral have kindly let me "replace" temporarily the missing central statue of Our Lady with a glass sculpture. It was an extremely challenging task to produce a sculpture that would refer to mediaeval representations of Mary, fit the unique interior of the Cathedral, not distract or offend people coming to pray, while being at the same time an interesting modern sculpture.

I think that glass is a medium ideally suited for this task due to its transparency and non-obtrusiveness. It is like an echo of the past, giving an impression of how the original might have looked while leaving a lot of scope for the imagination of the viewer.

Here you can find a folder and a poster of exposition.