Jake Harvey

The ubiquity of rock that forms our planet earth and its essential place in relation to our existence is now my stimulus for choosing to make sculpture by carving stone. Stone’s broad range of colour, shape, and mineral composition intrigues me. In each stone there exists an almost unfathomable sense of deep time.

In Lines in Time, I’ve chosen to work with gathered stones from a variety of locations in Scotland predominantly guided by the travels and visionary work undertaken by James Hutton (1726-97). Hutton’s encounters in the field studying rock samples and outcrops led him to develop his ground-breaking thesis Theory of the Earth, gaining him world-wide recognition, and the accolade of Father of Modern Geology. Jake Harvey