Side Project: Secondhand Stories

Inspired by my workshop with Maria Middtun a few weeks ago, I have decided to start a series of short stories based on things I have found in charity shops. In a way, I will be giving life to the unwanted objects by telling a story about them. In the workshop, I wrote a short story about a Deer named Oscar based on a little figurine that I bought in a second hand shop. I am yet to edit the paintings together into a book as I have been busy with my work for Locating Practice.

A few paintings from the Maria Middtun Workshop

The title of my series will be 'Secondhand Stories' and it will be a background project that I will work on every now and then when I am not busy with work for Uni. As I have said, I will be creating stories based on what interesting things I can find in charity shops, whether it be an object or a character. 

The Cover art for 'Secondhand Stories'

So far I just have the one story about Oscar the Deer that I made during the workshop. Since writing that story I have picked up another little figurine from a charity shop, which is a small yellow chick (perfect for Easter!)

I haven't decided on a name for him yet as I have been focussing on other work! I will write a story for him when I have some spare time!