Since I discovered my appetite for mudlarking I have been delighted by the little treasures I have found on the edge of the river Aire, but last week I was amazed to come across these river washed fragments of newspaper. It always surprises me how fragile yet robust paper can be. These pieces had clearly been washed by the river for a long time, turning and shaping them like a piece of driftwood, I wonder how long they had been in the river? The date on this reduced copy of the Daily Express was November 1936!
Wow, it looks almost fossilized. Surely it can't have been in the river that long?!
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to imagine it could have been in the river for that long, but it had certainly been washing around for quite some time.
Deletefantastic find...what are going to do with them?xxlynda
ReplyDeleteGood question! I have been trying to incorporate them into some stitched mixed media pieces, but unfortunately once the paper dries out it is so brittle it just crumbles into dust. Still, it was a nice find.
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