Fossicking gallery
Rebecca Ward confines her fossicking activities to Planet Earth but is open to the notion of space travel.
The pebbles are often found on remote beaches in the South Island of New Zealand. Other materials come from rifle ranges, op shops, roadsides and other beaches.
She collects recycled glass from demolition yards, beaches, secondhand shops, glaziers and other craftspeople, cuts and breaks it up and then tumbles it to neutralise the sharp edges. The pieces are then diamond drilled and assembled into items of jewellery using sterling silver, and various types of thread and cable.
Her fossicking activites are captured by photographer, Wayne Kington.
 Finding beachglass, Sandgate, Australia, 2005 |
 Sandgate, Australia, 2005 |
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 Ruin meets the sea, Paklenica, Croatia, 2005 |
 Limestone pebbles, Hvarr, Croatia , 2005 |
 Pompeii (where I respected the anti-fossicking laws), 2005 |
 Okarito, NZ, 2001 |
 Humpridge track, NZ, 2003 |
 Orepuki, NZ, 2003 |
 Orepuki, NZ, 2003 |
 Katiki, NZ, 2003 |
 Haast Beach, NZ, 2001 |
 Katiki, NZ, 2001 |
 Katiki, NZ, 2001 |
 Te Anau , NZ, 2003 |
 Riverton, NZ, 2003 |
 Reverse Garbage, Brisbane, 2002 |
