It seems much more natural to me to think that Nature is a Mother that nurtures life, rather than, like in Christianity, some guy who came along and created it all from outside. I'm not interested in worshipping some individual. I don't know if my sculptures really have anything to do with the Goddess. I just find it more interesting to make female figures as opposed to male ones, because females are more able to express their feelings. Men are supposed to be tough, solid and generally not expressing their feelings.
Women tend to be more emotional which is one reason why they've been patronised for years.
I get more feeling from the way they move, the way they talk, the vibe that comes from them. That's why I make female figures and not male ones. I like to work in wood because I can see the forms already in it. I use wood that I've found already cut down, not wood that has been chopped down specially. When I carve a wooden sculpture it feels like I'm rescuing the form from the wood by scraping off the bits I don't need.