357: Jason Sandy on Mudlarking the Thames River

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Jason Sandy. He is a modern-day mudlark searching
the foreshore of the Thames River in London. In our interview we
talk about the history of London as a riverside city, the wide
variety of objects that are found in the anaerobic mud of the
Thames, and what these objects tell us about the eras they came
from. We also discuss his newly published book Thames Mudlarking:
Searching for London’s Lost Treasures. To find out more about
Jason follow him on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jasonmudlark.
You can purchase Thames Mudlarking in Europe now, and it will be
released in the United States in April.


On today’s Amaco Community Corkboard we have the POT LA Go Fund
Me campaign. POT is a full-service studio owned and operated
by artists of color with a mission to create a “space that
felt accessible and empowering for those that felt marginalized
in ceramic spaces.” Due to the pandemic POT needs your help while
transitioning to online programming. Help them in reaching their
Go Fund Me goal to keep this important space going! To support
them directly visit www.gofundme.com/f/help-pot.