My interest in history extends to using found objects in my work. In Return Items I chose three pieces I found on the shore of the Thames on the basis of how they feel in my hand and the marks I could make with them. I made plaster casts of these and then made multiple slumps of them in glass. I then returned a few of them to the place where I found them and let the tide take them away. I filmed this and posted it on various mudlarking social media sites in the hope that one day some of them are found.
Returning Items
Alex McHallam 