This is an ongoing walking project centred around a small area of land located at the edge of Minchinhampton Common in the Stroud Valleys.

This is the first project where I have chosen a walking location with the intent of creating a body of work that speaks of the environmental characteristics of the site as well as it’s human and non-human histories. To-date this project has involved experimenting with wild clay from the area and assessing it’s potential as a raw material as, a clay, a slip and a glaze. I have been studying the geology and topology of this location with the aid of geological and LiDAR maps. Old land maps of the area have also encouraged me to tell stories of human activity within this area through now unused place names and man-made features. This has led to active research into local quarrying and textile industries that occur within the Stroud Valleys.

There is plenty more surveying, researching and making to be done as part of this project so I will be making regular updates here.