All these works are transient. Relics , a whalebone-like structure made of oak and weighted with stones, was first transmuted by burning, then left to interact with wind and tide. Grass grows between the crevices of his sculptures. Vines decay and branches fall. The rope holding things together splits and frays.
Nature brings new life to the work as well.
A series of Floating Islands launched in the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens has become a home for endangered terrapins. Over time, the willows will begin to grow. Wind, insects and birds will take care of the sowing on the surface, and the roots of the willow, growing down to the bottom, will become a new habitat for fish and frogs. Things are growing. He summons the energies of nature in growth, welcomes the complementary energies of nature in decay, and synthesizes the two in work that is at once powerful and moving.