Milagros (collection of Christy Johnson), 2014, watercolour on paper

Pebbles found on the Kelton Steps 30.7.76 (collection of Duncan Matthews), 2010, watercolour on paper

Polishing Stones found in the Big Water of Fleet 29.7.76 (collection of Duncan Matthews), 2010, watercolour on paper

Collectors

“Objects are not inert or passive. They help us give shape to our identities and purpose to our lives. All objects are part of sets (often more than one set at a time). Collections are sets in a particular sense. The choice or selection process lies at the heart of collecting. Some useful glass jars on a kitchen shelf may to another person be a nucleus of an important container collection.”

Susan Pearce, On Collecting, 1995