Vista's virtual activity session - Talk with fragmentfound.com

Fragmentfound.com is an online archive of printed pottery sherds. The website is a ‘digital museum’ of lost, broken, unwanted and discarded artefacts, rediscovered centuries later in fields, on beaches, in rivers, etc. The archive connects people, places, craft, local heritage and the natural environment; encouraging people to submit their own finds from the UK and beyond. The aim is to build a community which centers around the joy of collecting, identifying and sharing mysterious pieces of history, which would otherwise remain undocumented.

In this talk, Eva Jack (artist and creator of fragmentfound.com) will talk about how the project started as a personal hobby and ended up growing into a collection of fascinating pieces of pottery from across the globe, each with their own story. She will also discuss the history of Transferware Printed Ceramics and explain the next stage of the project which seeks to reimagine what the fragments may once have looked like and been part of through a series of ceramic artworks titled ‘Imaginary Artefacts.’