Some old objects are special. The moment you look at them, you think, I bet that’s seen a thing or two! These objects just have a quiet, wise look about them, as though they’ve spent years watching the world go by, soaking up everything they’ve seen. They fascinate me. I think to myself, If only there was some way I could find out what this object has seen in its long life…

I know someone called Kate who has a beautiful old teapot in a glass case in her kitchen. It belonged to her mother and before that, her mother’s mother. It’s a bit chipped and full of old recipes cut from 1920’s Woman’s Weeklies for things like rhubarb champagne and tomato jam. This teapot is one of the wisest looking things I’ve ever seen. Again, I got that burning curiosity to know what it knew. Seeing as I hadn’t found a magic way of tuning in to objects yet, I did the next best thing and imagined I had! That’s what this show’s all about…

Daniel Jamieson