Estuary Festival - Part of Anthology (2025)
I spent an afternoon cycling along the Thames between Erith and Dartford, my bike panniers stuffed with hand tools, including a saw, a drill, needle and thread and metal snips. As I passed between semi derelict industrial sites and large expanses of grassland, intersected by creeks, I collected rubbish that had been discarded or blown off of neardy waste recycling centres.
Acting with a magpie’s eye, I selected pieces that could be fitted together in interesting ways and displayed along the route, like a D.I.Y. sculpture trail. The idea was to take nothing and add nothing but in doing so, highlight the variety of waste materials left scattered along our waterways, polluting natural habitats.
