Beginning
with the debris is about re-using waste items found in the
landscape and unwanted goods bought from charity shops.
Shards of broken, crazed glass have
been salvaged after a fire. They seem to tell stories through their smoke-smeared
surfaces. Some fragments resemble old, stained glass windows. Some display the
natural iridescence and soil deposits found on Roman glass. Adding photographs to
them creates a new time frame where their history can easily be re-interpreted as
medieval finds from a treasure trove.
The delicate
vessels and some of the objets d’art started
life as food packaging; crisp packets becoming jewellery. Worn jumpers have been deconstructed and remade
into yarn collages and tied hangings. The melted metal form talismanic shapes
resembling figurines or mythological creatures.
All of the
materials used are unsuitable for re-cycling in their original form. I
intervene to prevent them from going to landfill or entering the landscape.