The Story of Objects

Flash Fiction #001: The Glass Bowl

She found it in the garage amongst debris and old tools, when she was nineteen years old. A small, blackened glass bowl with a lid. Inside were some rusty nails. It was charred in the fire at Clematis Cottage, before her parents restored it. Polish and soapy water…

Medieval lunch

For 16 years I have resided in the cathedral Close at Gloucester, living intimately with the wonderful medieval cathedral and the life that surrounds and supports it. In November last year I left, along with my family, two of whom had been born in our house in the Close. As I was unpacking boxes in…

Working Class Fragments

Statement of the Work:

The green in the image represents fusty, the lichen like coating that stains objects and place through time, the word “fusty” also relates to smell and often it is stained the colour green. This could reflect a cultural discourse through objects related…