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 Here are some new thames bottle fish in the making. I got home from work this evening, and had an urge to create some more fish, so here they are. I'm quite pleased with them:) Looking forward to seeing them tomorrow when the glue has set. We got some great bits of glass from under the pier this weekend, so I feel a good shoal coming on :) 
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 So this weekend, we had a very indulgent time mudlarking along the Thames foreshore. On Sunday, we went to Silvertown (pictured), where we picked up lots and lots of world war II bullets. We walked for at least a mile along the shoreline, and I always feel a bit sad when the tide starts to come in....knowing we will have to turn back before we get cut off. As well as bullets we picked up lots of great pottery, sea worn glass and brass eyelets. I also found a lovely little lead soldier, minus his head. Along this part of the Thames, there are lots of little offerings to Gods which are thrown into the river, and we did pick up a lovely bronze snake, one of such offerings. I also picked up a little pouch which contained a folded up piece of paper with verses of the koran written on it. I plan to see if I can have it translated. And now the weekend being over, it's getting ready to go back to work...... Thanks for such a great weekend. I'm looking forward to a positive week back at work :) x
 Well on Christmas Eve, instead of doing some last minute shopping in Greenwich, I did an about turn, got my trusty boots and instead made my way down to one of our favourite mudlarking areas - where I often find some lovely glass for my fish, as well as some interesting finds left in the mud by the tide. I was not disappointed. I found a beautiful old victorian police whistle. other finds included 3 world war 2 bullets and an old brass military button. It is unfortunate that then on Christmas day I was struck down by flu! I am only now recovering and hope to make some fish in the studio today. I cannot remember the last time I felt so ill! Out of 365 days of the year, it just had to be Christmas Day that I felt the worst! However, it seems to be on the way out now, and so I hope to be back to normal soon.  The Metropolitan patent police whistle  I've just had an extremely enjoyable long weekend off work, during which time, my boyfriend David and I have been mudlarking on the Thames foreshore at low tide, searching for treasures from the past, as well as pieces of old glass and pottery, and clay pipe stems to add to the piles in the studio at home. We had a pretty good day, with, amongst other finds, a very old medieval lead trading token, a Georgian shilling, and some old cartridges. Then back home to start working on a new collection of sea glass fish (or thames bottlefish as I like to call them - see one below). These fish are great fun to make as you never quite know how they are going to turn out. The glass used is often over 100 years old, and has worn down nicely in the tides of the Thames. So, whilst I was working on my fish, David has been fine tuning my website and so hence my first blog - which I will endeavour to update regularly!  Recent Thames Bottle Fish - made from pieces of glass collected along the Thames foreshore. |