I visited my local museum and found a huge amount of gems documenting the history and culture of the town Lostwithiel.
This shoe made from pulped US dollars was a wedding gift in 1905.
I was intrigued about the obliteration of the notes into object and souvenir. I thought of transferring this idea into personal letters of those who had died into an object of familiarity.
The teapot is an object that has many associations. It is a common domestic item that has practical use. It is used to hydrate, as a means to communicate and for moments to console. I began pulping papers belonging to the deceased into shapes, layering fragments of documents between layers of wax but felt that this process and outcome didn’t reflect what I intended which was to have an object that solidified a memory of someone. I began thinking about making hollow vessels and filling with sound.
- have made a mould for the teapot which took AGES
- realise that I didn’t put lip in to mold so lid doesn’t fit in top
- keep looking at ways to pulp paper but I don’t want to lose all the text from the papered pulp and not happy with the amount of time it will take
- plaster slips may be too risky and time is a factor
- decide to experiment with the wax teapots and layering paper with text directly onto wax casts and applying slips of wax to embed paper
- this way I will be able to easily and quickly make multiples
- also easier way to insert wires and speakers into wax teapots