#pre-loved

My dearly beloved said a month ago that she wanted new boots for Christmas; she's worn out her favourite pair (beautifully paua patterned but cheap vinyl). So when I saw this display I had to check it out:

It's all refurbished Doc Martens. Neither of us have ever had Docs before, or bought second-hand shoes. But these were... cheap enough to be affordable, and high enough quality that we could easily justify spending a little more than we normally would. There were several in there that I thought she'd love:

But then I saw these:

My size, not hers.

Throwback Week!

This is a small study into the concept of found objects holding memory. I was and still am transfixed by this concept that objects can increase in value simply by being with us for certain experiences or simply just as a souvenir. This concept was introduced to me within Sarah Sze's TED talk but also by the outstanding work of Kija Lucas.

For this outcome, I gathered pre-loved objects from charity shops and painted my own memories into them in a way to honour the previous owners time spent with them but also to then show how they can hold new memory. Additionally, how objects seem to store memory and value and act as a neural trigger to memories we may have forgotten.

Granny Pearl travelled across the world from the UK to Canada!

Here's the link to my depop!!! There are some really cute, simple clothes on there, and the best part is... almost everything is less than $5, and absolutely everything is under $10!!!

Click that link and give some pre-loved treasures NEW LOVE!!