After looking at things people leave behind, I started to look further back, to people that lived hundreds of years ago, and started looking at archaeology and pottery pieces found in rivers and streams. I found artists who use pottery shards in their work including Tania Covo, who sets pottery pieces she finds in the thames in silver to make jewellery. I also looked at Cleo Mussi, who uses reclaimed pottery to make mosaics.
I collected some pottery shards from a river bank in Bradfield, and have been using these to base most of my project work on. The patterns and shapes have inspired my sketchbook work as well as my practical work, and I have also been using them for observational drawing and collage.
