At the Threshold of Fiction, 2001

A collaboration between

Peter Eudenbach & Jennifer Trask.

Assorted pieces of flatware transformed by metalsmith Jennifer Trask were buried along the shoreline in Newport, Rhode Island. The intention was for the objects to eventually be found by local beachcombers who routinely scan the shoreline with metal detectors. The pieces were randomly buried along the entire length of the beach; a threshold between land and water where things are in a constant state of being lost and found by the sea and sand. Only two findings have yet been reported.

The history of these objects continues through the accelerated process of aging in the salt and sand. The beach also has a proximity to historic homes where wealth once dictated so many arcane rituals which often required utensils having one specific function. Jennifer Trask September, 2001