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I love collecting things discarded, lost, forgotten, damaged or just not wanted any more. My favourite places are rivers and beaches, but also find great things at recycling centres and charity shops. I’m lucky to live near the River Tees, Co Durham and often walk the banks picking up broken glass, pottery anything that can be cleaned and re-created into something new. Bits and bobs of lives all waiting to find new homes. Found by chance.
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Hand crafted Jewellery and framed artworks using pre loved and discarded ceramics. Ceramic material will show signs of wear and damage. Entire process is a creative experience from discovery to final picture, nothing planned or preconceived. All materials personally collected from river banks, charity shops, roadside, woods, recycle centres, beaches, wherever dropped, dumped or donated ceramics are found, cleaned and shaped into new stories. Each piece comes with a short bio of where the ceramic came from, date found and re-created. Some shards collected are used as found, others are cut randomly which shape the final work. Every piece is individual, nothing replicated, however, due to repetitive patterns in ceramics there will be some similarity but only through the ceramic material not in the final piece.
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Created from ceramic discovered in
charity Shop Penrith October 2023
Re-Created into Earrings October 2023
I visited Penrith on 10th October 2023, a lovely market town in Cumbria where I found some interesting pieces of ceramic in the charity shops. Some were rescue plates from odds and ends boxes, cracked or badly damaged and others were stand out pieces, slightly damaged and perfect for a new project.
I bought a lovely but damaged set of cups, saucers and side plates. Pretty forget-me-not flower design but sadly very scratched in places. I like to just drop the ceramic onto a hard surface, this allows the material to shatter into shards at random. I then work with what shapes are created.
These earring are made from the rim of one of the saucers. I was surprised at how these two pieces were alike, all I have done is clipped off the sharp edges and sanded. Front and back glaze in tact, I have sanded around the hole to remove any loose glaze. Sealed with eco friendly, non toxic matt sealant.
The idea is to create something new from old. The finished piece isn’t meant to be perfect or highly polished but instead retain part of the original character.
Delivered in gift box, gift bag made from recycled materials and includes short bio.
Measures approximately 17mm x 11mm (widest) x 3mm
Full drop approximately 32mm
Designed by Stephanie in Barnard Castle
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