Urban Mines: The pottery project

2021 - London, UK

E-waste represents the biggest and fastest growing type of manufactured waste. As products are constantly being replaced due to upgrades, the life of old products gets shorter, and the waste problem gets bigger. Globa- lly, only 8.9 megatonnnes of e-waste are collected and recycled, which corresponds to only 20% of all e-waste generated.

For this project I have been collecting old electronic artefacts (e-waste) dumped in London streets for repurposing.Further, I have been exploring how to remodel these appliances and their diverse elements with the intention of creating completely different machines.

These machines are built to serve as tools that will operate in a workshop. I have always enjoyed working with clay, so I am creating my own ceramic workshop. Such machines are very expensive to buy, so I am instead constructing them with e-waste.
Urban Mines highlights the contrast between the intangible and mechanical part of e-waste and the tactile part of ceramics. Through this project I combine old craft with technology to create unique ceramic pieces.