The work was inspired by the horror movie The Witch by Robert Eggers about a family in the 17th century that sets up a farm on the edge of a large forest. The forest sort of embodies the chaotic and perhaps evil forces they have to face. Even though the image of the forest doesn’t look obviously scary there is something deeply unsettling about it.

Spread is a compilation of work made by spreading the filler along the depth of the rim with a scrape. The method of letting a single action shape the work is reminiscent of Richard Serra's Verb List. It functioned as a kind of manifest for Serra's way of producing sculptures. To spread is on the list. It´s about making art by exposing a matter to different kinds of forces.