The title of the statue is "Mother and Infant". You can just look at it, but if you want to see deeper, there are many ways to interpret what is happening between the two. I am interested in what the woman is feeling. I do not know absolutely what she is feeling, but I have several ideas.

The statue is intended to evoke different feelings. These interpretations are supposed to vary from time to time as your life changes. So if you look at it now, then again later - as your feelings change you should see different things in the relationship between the two. I deliberately left it vague, to help your mind drift from feeling to feeling. The statue is a touch stone to invoke different scenes and interpretations.

I have left the statues very rough in parts. I like the texture of the stone. It has an interesting color when it is rough, and when it is smooth.

I left a lot of tool marks. I think every person has scars like that - places in our hearts and minds where life has touched us. Some marks are to help you see different things in the stone - even though in three dimensions the statue cannot really look like that, I have tried to indicate alternate interpretations with markings in stone.

The statue should look different from different directions. I left the direction of the gazes open, so there are ways each can be looking - depending on your viewing direction, and your feelings about the statue. The statue is very much intended to be seen from all directions.

Close your eyes and touch the stone. I like the very rough texture. Looking with your eyes closed is one way you will get what I felt when I was carving. It is the literal "feel" of the statue.

It is OK to touch it. Over time the statue will pick up the oils from your hands and take on a patina of use that reflects how you and others have interacted with the statue.

The statue is intended to last a long time. It is a relatively soft limestone. So parts of it might be affected by rain and sun. It will age in various ways. That is part of the fun of watching it change. If it wears too quickly, perhaps it can be placed indoors.

Part of the reason for keeping it massive is so there are no weak parts sticking out. It is supposed to be touched by children, just do not let them push it over. It might survive, but I would rather not try.

This is intended to be show outside. If you absolutely must wash it, use warm soapy water then rinse thoroughly. It will absorb some of the water and look darker for a while. After it dries it will go back to its usual color.

The alternate name, an identifier, for the statue is E5. It is the fifth in a series of statues examining the relations between two or more people. The E stands for "evocative". I am trying to find a word that describes the process of taking many separate images and putting them into a single statue. I might have hundreds of specific images, of different people, different relations, in mind while carving. To capture all of those disparate feelings is difficult. I am trying to evoke certain memories, certain images, certain feelings.

One aspect of this relationship - no matter what might be going on, the two are tightly bound and cannot be separated. They are bound together by bonds of stone.