Tiny Things Theme

Car radio

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Flower for the High Street Pick up your flowers on the way home

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General wind howl

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Tiny litter signs

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Geological story of the Black Country Video by Ellie Ramsey Narrated by Graham Worton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaxRX8-c2fU

Video Big Things Change Connection Contrast Creatures Difference Growing Industry Life Memory Nature Old Past Plantlife Sounds Tiny Things Survival Stories Unfamiliar Views Water Moving

Gutter drip by cash point

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Nature thriving through the cracks

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Flap (gentle) of covers on crowd barriers

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Weeds growing on pavement

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Tiny broken pipe / water fall, spraying people with water as they walk by

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Motif / sign above G.P. Footwear not seen before

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Language

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Happy playing football

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Antibac smell!

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Tiny random acts of kindness like picking up blown away posters

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The themes I investigated were the Connections, Movement, Routes and Ways. My gift explores those themes through a figurative expression hidden within the structure of the dreamcatcher, allowing for a flexible interpretation by the audience, and to aid the imagination. The structure of the dreamcatcher symbolizes the relationship between the destination and the journey the user undertakes, but while it highlights the importance of the destination, placing it in the centre as the biggest piece, it emphasizes the significance of the journey over the destination in the ratio of one big element vs many small elements. This can be relevant to the High Street, if the connections are thought of beyond the transport means, and can relate to anything from the layout of the landscape of the High Street, to the interactions between the users. The web symbolizes the connections between the pieces, plotting the blue foam pieces around the different lengths of the thread, off the centre where the destination piece is plotted. This is meant to show how the connections can be made in various ways and that there is no set order or pattern, meaning that the movement is individual and the connections are adaptable. The blue foam pieces can be viewed as points or highlights of the journey, or they can represent different ways of getting to, and from the centre, suggesting that the journey doesn’t end with the destination. Another way in which the web can be interpreted is that the small foam pieces are the destinations, the thread is the connection between them and the big piece symbolizes the decision making.

Collage Model Text Thought Making Material Moving Gift Creativity Imagination Connection Big Things Tiny Things Transport Interacting Pattern Difference

Padlock

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Small graffiti

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Spiders web Making a new home on the high street with the perfect view

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Nature thriving through the cracks

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Tiny acts of random kindness like picking up a dropped pen for someone else

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Fellow detector friendly hello!

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A More-Than-Human Story of Dudley High Street This story is a collective outcome after utilising completed Street Detectorism maps, and More-Than-Human findings to create of 'A More-Than-Human Story of Dudley High Street'. As part of a dissertation study, this workshop invited participants to share their imagination and develop stories from the previous findings on Dudley High Street. This story creatively archives nature on Dudley High Street, with emphasis for the value of storytelling and nature at the forefront of this task.

Collage Drawing Observation Imagining Story Poem Beauty Colour Creativity Creatures Decay Growing Imagination Light Making Memory Nature Plantlife Sounds Stories Tiny Things Weathered Words

Tiny patches of grass under bench

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Moment of silence - no people / cars (seconds)

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Hoarding knot 18mm

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Jack and his friends visited the High Street with their school teacher during a study trip. He learned a lot of things about sustainability, and how to grow food. He was so inspired. Atifa gave him some seeds from fruits on the street garden, and later he planted them in a small unused bucket. After a few months he came back to street to gift the kitchen some of the fruit from his tiny garden at home. Atifa felt so proud of the young generation of Dudley.

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Break light red glow

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Tiny shrub on top of church

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