To get round the problem of being too selective with what objects are worthy of taking back to the studio, I’ve decide to work with collecting on site. Since August I have been picking up every piece of plastic waste I find on the Byway and have made 4 distinct piles to the side of it. They are growing gradually, reminiscent of cairns or way markers. Sometimes the material is deranged by the weather or perhaps by other passers-by. I’m hoping that others will add to my piles, as walkers traditionally do with stone cairns.
These 2 pairs of photographs show a month’s growth.
I intend to document the evolution of these cairns by posting images of them here each month. At this stage I don’t know how long the project will last or what I will do with the collected material.
Liz Clifford 