Sophie Holliday

I wanted to see what marks and impressions I could create using my beach finds. After saturating pieces of heavyweight paper in water I pressed and wrapped the paper around the shells, creating textured imprints. I found that placing the forms onto a light box highlighted the abstract marks. I photographed them and darkened the marks in Photoshop. I think that it looks like a fossilised shell.

I returned to Mousehole harbour a couple of days later to remove the canvas from the chain. Some subtle marks were created that I like, however I think I need to leave the objects wrapped up in canvas for a longer length of time.

I placed found objects, including seaweed, stones, shells and sand inside a piece of canvas. I then sprayed the canvas with vinegar and tea, wrapped it around the boat mooring chain and covered it with seaweed which was attached onto an adjacent rope. I am hoping to keep it out of view of the public as I want to leave it to rust for the next few days, to hopefully create some interesting marks.