Newstead Arts Hub’s annual Small Sculpture Prize and Exhibition is on again and I am thrilled that ‘Dialogue Across Difference’, my contribution to the theme, has been accepted. In a small world unexpected connections occur across distance and difference. This work ‘Dialogue across Difference’ asks how two very different forms, made with very diverse materials and techniques, can come together happily. It is a conversation that looks for common ground and has pushed me into new territory to experiment with new materials, techniques and aesthetics in order to convey this tension.