I wanted to give an architectural frame to thought and use the lead box as a module. The box is one foot square, using this old Imperial English measurement that refers to the body.

, an open translucent vessel that connects with an absolutely dark lead cube through a bridge that joins a square lead to a round fibreglass tube.

Over a five-year period, I made four sets of double 

. In each, one box is pierced with holes that refer to bodily perceptions - the other is completely closed and made to support an alabaster or resin organ. The heart and the brain are made of resin; the testicles and kidneys are made from two different kinds of alabaster.

Box Works

, 1987-88, lead, fibreglass and wood, 30 × 66 × 48 cm.

Joy And Knowledge

, 1988/93, lead, fibreglass, air and alabaster, 30.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm, 2 egg/testicles: each 5 × 3.3 cm diameter. 

, 1988/93, lead and fibreglass, 30.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm. Photograph by David Ward, London.

Exposure And Instrument

, 1988/93, lead, fibreglass, air and resin, 30.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm, brain: 9 × 13 × 16 cm. 

Body And Light I And Meaning

, 1989/93, lead, fibreglass, air and alabaster, 30.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm, 2 kidneys: 3.5 × 6 × 11 cm. 

, 1989/93, lead and fibreglass, 30.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm. Photograph by David Ward, London.

Augur And Oracle

, 1988/93, lead, alabaster and air, 30.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm. 

, 1988/93, lead, 30.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm, brain: 9.5 × 12 × 20 cm.

Body And Light II And Meaning II

, 1989, lead, fibreglass, air and alabaster, boxes: 30.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm, heart: 5 × 10.2 × 8 cm.

Box Works

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