Sofa and sand

Whilst in Brixton, London I spotted this pile of sand and other household waste with a sofa on top. It was out of the corner of my eye, as there was a slither of a gap and I held my camera over the top of the fence to get a photo of the whole sofa (as I am too short to be able to see over the top!). I haven’t been anywhere for a long time where I have not seen some kind of abandoned delight.

My friend told me that it’s a house that regularly floods; it must be awful to have to start again every time! I would say it was one of the more uncomfortable looking sofa’s balancing on a pile for dear life which it’s cushions all eschew.

I’ve missed this!

My blog has been trapped on a broken server for a week and a half, and now it’s back! I have missed it a lot, and until now I hadn’t appreciated how much I enjoy it! I have been sent and have seen many a discarded scene and it’s been extremely frustrating not to be able to share them. Here is a slideshow of the delights:

With huge thanks to Ali, Caroline, Phil, Nabila, Simon, Jane, Haydn and Kay.

You canny have them all

I have been seeing huge amounts of discarded seating of late and I can’t always photograph them for practical reasons. Sometimes I’m en route to catch a train, other times (as a non-driver) it is tricky/sometimes dangerous to stop the car. Here is a slideshow of the ones I have been able to document in the last month or so:

I used to find it really disappointing sailing past an opportunity to snap a sofa but I have decided recently that I have to work out my options. I can either enjoy the view and not worry about it with the attitude of ‘what will be, will be’ or I can try to acknowledge them in a different way. I have chosen to write a description down as I see them, even if it’s really vague, just as a reminder. These are the ones that got away in the last four days:

Birmingham, Pershore Road

Front garden, floral two seater with huge amounts of rubble piled on it.

Front garden brown leather two seater, on side outside what looks like a student house.

Birmingham, unknown

Wooden frame of two seater, very unique looking on roadside.

Next to carpark, in grass, upturned red part of a sofa

End of drive, with building materials, a handful of wooden dining room table chairs

Nottingham, Gregory Boulevard

Blue sofa up against a house

Brown upturned in garden

Nottingham, unknown

White dining room chair, outside of door next to tins of paint

String, the next chapter

This week I’m not at work and shall be attempting to make string sculptures again, without ruining my feeble excuses for wrists. After having problems with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, I am giving it another go and am really looking forward to it! I think I might have to slow down a bit though, but as long as I decide the pace they will all be relative.

How I used to make string pieces

I am going to be wrapping the string around objects, rather than my hand this time so hopefully they’ll be less pressure on my wrists. I shall keep you up to date with my progress! Wish me luck!

Friends and family

I am so lucky to have friends and family that support this project by taking and sending photos of abandoned seating they happen upon. My collection is growing and I’ve got a plan of how I’m going to show them all together. I think it’s going to be a long term project and I’m really excited about it!

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With thanks to Ali, Caroline and Haydn.