diary of a thames mudlark

Anti Button? Avert Thine Eyes!

There are many items that my long-suffering, non-larking partner finds it hard to get his head around. Some I can understand; my rookie mudlark days saw me bringing home half the foreshore, including any piece of bashed up glass shard, so long as it had an imprint on it. Buttons however, especially livery, military and utility…

January 7, 2017

Old Father Thames / Marie-Louise Plum

Buttons

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Occult Inspired Mudlark Folk Art

Now available to buy in my online shop, an occult folk art inspired box frame display made from repurposed finds from the mysterious tidal Thames. Tiny metal objects, my favourite foreshore bits and pieces, include copper, brass, iron, lead, tin and alloys, and feature treasured objects such as hand made Tudor pins and hand forged…

January 6, 2017

Old Father Thames / Marie-Louise Plum

Mudlark Art

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17th Century Combed Slipware

❄️Mudlark’s Advent, day 8❄️ Oh, hello, what’s this? A deliciously crumbly, fruity chocolate tiffin, topped with Bakewell icing? No. It’s a lovely, fat chunk of Staffordshire combed slipware, dating from somewhere between 1690-1830. Combed slipware, an earthenware ceramic decorated in slip, fired, usually, with clear glaze to the patterned side, was popular between 1690 and…

December 8, 2016

Old Father Thames / Marie-Louise Plum

Ceramic Fragments & Pot Sherds

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Jacks, Snobs, Knucklebones, Chuckstones…

❄️Mudlark’s Advent, Day 7❄️ Jacks, Snobs, Knucklebones, Chuckstones… what do you know it as? Dating back to before the Greeks, the game of Chucks (I’m going with this name, as China clay dice, like this one I found on the foreshore, were used) has been as big a mainstay in the playground as hopscotch or…

December 7, 2016

Old Father Thames / Marie-Louise Plum

Games, Uncategorized

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diary of a thames mudlark

Anti Button? Avert Thine Eyes!

Occult Inspired Mudlark Folk Art

17th Century Combed Slipware

Jacks, Snobs, Knucklebones, Chuckstones…