
MODERN MINING
An adventure in to E Waste. By Katie Surridge . 2022 -3 Dare art prize winner
ADVENTURES IN TO WASTE
Welcome to my blog, a place where I will share my research and work development over the course of the Dare art prize.

E waste boxes . 10/08/22
The e waste collection boxes are now all finished. We are finalising where they will all got and thinking of coordinating the opening to...
Oxhide ingots❤️. 7/8/22.
My work plays around with time , mixing up things from Ancient and modern times. I have just discovered these incredible oxhide copper...
Visit to Harewood house. Radical acts exhibition. 3/8/22.
This show is incredible and so I line with my thinking about making and how we use resources. It is one of the most inspiring shows I...
Casting e waste test . 3/8/22
For the electro plating I need an anode Which through an electrical current will deposit a thin layer of material on to the object I am...
Robotics . 26/7/22.
I went and spent a week in Leeds with the aim of thinking about how robotics could be incorporated In To the project to help me dismantle...
Visit to the bioleaching labs at Coventry university. 11/07/22
I met up with some of the really supportive staff and students working in the labs at Leeds to have a little look around and discuss a...
Visit to N2S- e resource recycling and bioleaching ! 4/07/22
What an exciting visit ! It was a real eye opener to witness the extent of what is going on behind the scenes to process our…. E...
A pint of robotics. 30/06/22.
I was in Leeds for the day having a few meetings and also presenting at the pint of robotics event. It was incredible what robots people...
Diy electroplating. 26/06/22
I have done a little bit of reading about electroplating and wanted to have a go to see the results I could achieve at home and to get an...
Mobile casting machine.24/06/22.
Part of my project is to look at casting e waste metals in to new sculptures . I want to host e waste dismantling sessions to help me...
Thunder machine. 20/06/22.
I was scrolling through my photos of some of the things I was interested by on my first visit and came across the thunder machine that I...
The round table brainstorming session. 20/6/22
I hosted an artists talk and an afternoon of brainstorming around my project. There was a really good turn out and some interesting ideas...
The tetley . 20/6/22.
It is so fantastic that the Tetley is involved i the project . I went to see the studio I will have as part of the residency and also the...
National science and media museum .20/06/22
Had a wonderful visit around the national science and media museum and looked in to some of the amazing objects they have on display...
E waste cakes. 19/06/22.
Today I’m hosting a round table brainstorming/artists talk event…. And these kind of things definitely need sugary bribes to keep up energy!
Visiting the electron microscopy department. 18/06/22
My first visit was to election microscopy where I met with Tom to discuss what was possible and also have a look around the equipment...
Winning the 2022 Dare art prize . 30/5/22.
June 6th 2022. Im happy to announce that I have won the Dare art prize for my project Modern Mining.



















