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The found fragments for this work were uncovered from Swansea Bay during the preliminary process using a metal detector. Thomas' poetry has been described as 'poetry of place' and the process is a response both to this general sense of place, and the specific reference in the poem to where Thomas once walked.
The use of found objects is intended as a method of unlocking and utilising the past within the bay. The clock hands in the piece reflect the allusions to time, to seasons passing in the poem.
The image makes use of textures indicative of decomposing leaves, referring to the seasonal element but also creates a visual harmony where shape and composition echo the interaction between sea and land, time and place.
To create the final image a collagraph block was made using the found pieces. From this a mould was constructed and an aluminium plate was cast. Although this plate can produce a print, for technical ease and because of the size of the edition it now forms the basis for an image converted into photoetch which provided the final print. .
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