Fifty Things

An anthology of fifty objects found on the UK #coastline. #Collected, #curated and composed by artist, Jo Atherton, @flotsamweaving.

[Fifty Things @Fifty_Things]

The next object on @Fifty_Things is this squeaky sausage which inspired an investigation into #BlackShuck #folklore and the longstanding connection between #ghostdog #legends and #smuggling https://t.co/r4i2QW9gsA

[Fifty Things @Fifty_Things]

@RuthSinger @alexwoodall @JoAtherton Thanks! As you can see it's been a while but hoping to get writing again soon :)

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

My next event will be UCL with @conservationucl to share my Museum of the Future on 26 April, 10am - 4pm, open to the public and free. It's an opportunity to browse hundreds of everyday objects we're leaving behind, washed ashore on the UK #coastline to tell #stories of our time

[Newquay Beachcombing @Newquaybeach]

Does #marinedebris make you see red? One dog walk, one beach, one day. Slightly more than a #2minutebeachclean. #StormEleanor, the aftermath.

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

Orphaned objects as fragments of lives once lived along the mighty #RiverThames in Central #London. #Mudlarking #foreshore finds #collected between #Lambeth and #Vauxhall Bridge on a falling tide, 9th January 2018.

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

What's this #tidelne #mysteryobject? A component from a #WWII aircraft? A #detonator? Navigational aid? It's wood and #bacolite, or a similar forerunner for plastic. The brass clips are numbered. It's about 10cm high and 8cm wide with a pin at the centre. It isn't ticking.

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

Trays of #flotsam #foundobjects ready for @beinghumanfest tomorrow. I'll be talking about how the human desire to collect enables us to make sense of the world, and ourselves. There are still a few remaining tickets https://t.co/X1bah1ETDY @JillWhitelock

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

This Saturday join me @theUL, #Cambridge University for @BeingHumanFest! I'll be opening my cabinet of curiosities to explore treasures #LostandFound on the UK coastline https://t.co/X1bah1ETDY

[Fifty Things @Fifty_Things]

This looks like another fascinating exhibition @theUL! https://t.co/UUd13Mek4m

[Cambridge University Library @theUL]

It's beginning to look a lot like... our next major exhibition coming soon! Landscapes Below opens this Friday 24 November. More will be revealed this week! #ulLandscapesBelow

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

The national festival of the humanities, @BeingHumanFest opens today! This year's theme is #lostandfound and I'm delighted to be talking about my #flotsam #collection. There's just over a week to grab one of the remaining tickets for our talk on 25 Nov https://t.co/X1bah1ETDY

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

This #FolkloreThursday consider how one object on the UK #coastline led to an exploration of the legendary #BlackShuck, 'faintly echoing some half-forgotten mythology of vast antiquity', over on @Fifty_Things https://t.co/n2PqplMPpl

[Dr Annie Thwaite @AnnieThwaite]

Hey #twitterstorians! Check out the latest issue of @Cambridge_Uni's 'Research Horizons', which spotlights #materialculture. There's also a wonderful nod to curious objects and @CambridgeThings - https://t.co/m9FHGO6RSN

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

The #beach is a transient environment which has mesmerised me for much of my life, and in particular, this temporary resting place of the lost, discarded and forgotten offers an inexhaustible supply of #stories - https://t.co/Ykoe8wGTBk

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

The order & balance of #curating a #collection can help us make sense of a seemingly chaotic world, and to a greater extent, ourselves.

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

Fragile lightbulbs from my #flotsam #collection found on some of the rockiest British and Irish #Atlantic beaches

[Wellcome Library @WellcomeLibrary]

Cracking looking conference @warwickuni! Remarkable Things:
The Agency of Objecthood and the Power of Materiality https://t.co/g7PdXa48bx …

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

Plastic undead haunting our coastline. Only the brave dare explore my #lostandfound #collection #halloweenhumanities https://t.co/X1bah1ETDY

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

"We can destroy the things, but the memory of the things can remain within us." https://t.co/UOxkaXB32A

[BeachcombingBB @BeachcombingBB]

On Hallowe'en beachcleaners always expect the unexpected @sascampaigns @MuseumofLitter @Fifty_Things @kernowmermaid @strangecurios

[Jo Atherton (Sayer) @FlotsamWeaving]

Plastic undead haunting our coastline. Only the brave dare explore my #lostandfound #collection #halloweenhumanities https://t.co/X1bah1ETDY