Time

As well as form, we are introduced to time as a result of Andy Goldsworthy's works. He uses both the diurnal and the seasonal cycle to great effect.

Midsummer Snowballs.

One particularly large project involved creating snowballs in winter, filled with various natural materials, and then refrigerating them. They were then displayed around London in the height of summer. The concept shows the contrasts between two separate cycles, the seasonal cycles set against the duration of the melting ice.
Another piece of work involves long strands of leaves held

together with twigs and floated down a river. Time for a river is a strange concept. The flow of the river remains constant yet the water within it is never the same. Different seasons have different flows, and the leaves floating down it respond differently. When the water level is low the lines gently flow down stream, add a few more centimetres of depth to the water and the speed increases dramatically, tearing the leaf lines.

Hazel leaves stitched together awaiting the river.