After simply being struck by the strange beauty of the European eel, its life cycle, and mysterious situation, I began to use its symbolism or iconography as a representation of the natural or ecological character of the Thames.
Although clay is a ‘natural’ material, over time it has been deeply imbued with, and imbedded in the ‘cultural’, or the human. In an attempt to deconstruct the idea of the Thames as a resource, I have used the cultural and natural status of Thames. Even the eel, an animal, has been used as a source of food for hundreds of years. it seems that every part of the Thames is up for grabs.