Three Mourning Brooches

 

"LOST". "GONE BEFORE". "BEACH ROAD".

Three Norfolk mourning brooches, for all that we lose to the sea.

 

BROOCHES (copper, beach-combed building material, vintage faux pearls)

 

The coast near where I live has been for many centuries subject to very violent erosion from the North Sea. Many villages have slowly disappeared into the water. Every year more land is lost and more people have to abandon their homes. There are edges of gardens and fences hanging scarily over the cliffs and the beaches are full not only of pebbles and sand but also of bricks, tarmac, pipes, cement: fragments of streets, of houses, of lives.