Washed Up

In my continual 'look out' for interesting materials to recycle into my Plant I have been struck by the rubbish I have found on the beaches along our coast and intend to somehow use this washed up debris to make work which will ultimately be recycled .  This film clip brings home the pervasiveness of our wasteful society.



The first stage of my next recycling project is taking a closer look at the materials.

Artists on the move

While the plant is safely bedded out in the Garden of Disorientation I returned north to catch up on preparing sculptures for the 'Expressions of Movement' art exhibition at The Grove, Hertfordshire and heard about a Nomadic Village of international artist's that had set up an encampment to make art  in the small rural village of  Wolsingham, Co Durham.  The project is run by Klaus Maehring (Lead Artist and founder) from ORP/Austria and is supported by ISIS Arts

The encampment comprised of a collection of artists caravans, tents, shelters, recycled fibre glass containers, nestled along the bank of the wooded beck running through the village with doors wide open, artists freely invited you in to view their spaces of work & travel, containing, films, installations, performances all touching on ideas surrounding nomadism . 

Using this beautiful location as inspiration, material, stage,  seemed to me extoll the excitement of journeying to new places to meet and engage with new people.









This is excitement is a feeling I recognise from my recent journey with my Heavy Plant and which I am now reflecting and  wondering how where we might go now. I certainly feel that my journey through the parks and streets of Kensington & Chelsea is only the beginning of a much larger journey which I am beginning.

Last search - on the streets

With a need for last minute additions to the recycling piles I decided to trek west to Manchester to visit a friend and check out unwanted and abandoned objects of the city. 

A Bank holiday is a good day to search skips which have been filling up over the weekend with discarded shower fixings, outgrown toy table legs and an old 45 record, perfect.

All finds are now sorted and noted in the studio,ready for
selection and assembling.

Notation

As all good plant finders, I am collating and recording the components I have collected, noting the date found, collected or purchased , the location they came from , their condition, any particular ideas re use etc..

Reclaimed materials from the 

House of Objects NE12

Reclaimed scaffolding poles and hangers N48

Donated unused poly pipes and fittings NE48