RECONSTRUCTION
STREET FURNITURE
Discarded hubcaps are documented in situ before being removed, cast in concrete, and reconstructed in cob using materials sourced from the urban landscape. Each reconstruction is intended to be returned to the location where the original was found, replacing a manufactured object with one made by hand from the city's own geological resources.
Locate a discarded hubcap.
Record the site.
Cast the form in concrete.
Reconstruct in cob.
Return it to where it was found.
Allow the city to reclaim it.
Ingredients:
Wild Clay [urban-sourced]
Sand [urban-sourced]
Hay [urban-sourced]
Materials gathered through fieldwork are transformed into cob using simple hand processes. Rather than beginning with a manufactured material, production begins with the landscape itself. Clay, sand, and organic fibres are combined to produce a medium for reconstruction, where the labour of making becomes as significant as the objects that follow.
