Artefakes was a found objects project I began while on Erasmus. Much of my work centres on found and salvaged objects and materials and whilst away I had to find a different approach to collecting. Part of my earlier Lost & Found work was questioning the value of things especially in our throwaway society.

I collected found objects and created new versions modeled with clay and painted them gold. I left them in various locations and mapped where they were left. The idea was that people would see a shiny gold object and automatically assume it had value and go to pick it up.

I included the project in the Free For Arts Festival in Manchester in 2016.

Please click gallery for full sized images and more information and visit the map here to see where all the Artefakes were left and pictures of them in situ.