You Will Need
- Black bin liner with some selected clean ‘rubbish’ from your home, e.g. food packaging, bus/train ticket, lengths of wool, an old cotton T-shirt, newspaper, chipped mug, photos no longer required, old mobile phone, light bulb (care needs to be taken!), plastic comb, broken toy, jigsaw puzzle with a missing piece, plastic drinks bottle, key, plastic shopping bag, an old paperback, toy car, etc.
- Garden soil or compost, sand, water, containers
- Clay objects, both fired and unfired if possible
- Bake some wheat and barley grains, chickpeas and lentils in a low oven for 12 hours to represent carbonisation
- Seeds, pieces of wood, leaves, vegetables, paper, cardboard, fabrics, clean food packaging, small unwanted toys, newspaper, paper written on with different media, plastic items, drink cans, broken ceramics
- Disposable gloves for handling soil/sand