63 Steps (so far) over 40 metres and hours and hours and hours of work. Each step of the ladder has been covered with a material associated with that year of my life and each step becomings gradually wider until the 50th step after which the steps again narrow. At the same time the covering of the steps becomes more haphazard, freerer, more expressive, allowing the stuffing (made from bits and bobs) from the studio to show through. I started it 4 years ago at 60 and since then its been all over the place, everywhere taking on a different form but always with this sense of providing some sort of enclosing shelter underneath it. Last year t was shown as part of the Madrid Design Festival at the cultural centre Fernan Gomez and just a few months ago at the gallery Zona Incontrolable. There is enough lenght to accomdate a total of 100 steps – afteralll my mother lived until she was 96 so its not inconceivable that I’ll get to 100.
