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Tuesday 22nd Nov. 7pm at Rye Books, 'London In Fragments, a mudlark's treasures' with Ted Sandling


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Tuesday 22nd November 7pm at the shop..


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'London In Fragments, A Mudlark's Treasures'

slideshow and talk with author Ted Sandling


We are very much looking forward to meeting Ted and discussing his excellent new book 'London In Fragments: A Mudlark's treasures'

Mudlarking, searching the Thames foreshore, has a long tradition: mudlarks used to be small boys grubbing a living from scrap. Today?s mudlarks unearth relics of the past, from Roman tiles to elegant Georgian pottery.


Here are Ted Sandling's most evocative finds, gorgeously photographed in colour. Together they create a mosaic of everyday London life through the centuries, touching on ideas of Journeys, Pleasure and Vice, Industry, Adornment and Comfort. There are two themes behind the account: celebrating the beauty of small things, and making sense of the intangible connection that found objects give us to the individuals who lost them.


An evocative and detailed text places the fragments back in the objects they came from, and places the objects in the flow of London's history. The French fold jacket is printed on the reverse with a map of access points to the river, and the book concludes with advice on how to start mudlarking yourself.


After studying History of Art at The University of Bristol, Ted Sandling moved to London and became a garden designer and landscape historian. In 2008 he returned to the fine arts when he joined Christie?s. He now works at Christie's Education. He first went mudlarking in 2004 and was instantly hooked.


if you've ever dabbled with mudlarking for fun or perhaps more seriously we will be inviting you to bring to the shop any relics and fragments you may have found, and share the stories connected with them.


Free event, please email us if you would like to come so we can get an idea of numbers, thank you.


Best wishes,

all at Rye Books

45 Upland RD, SE22 9EF, T:020 3581 1850

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