"Living by the sea means a seagull stealing my ice cream on a hot, sunny day!"
Hastings is famous for the largest beach launched fishing fleet in the country and the area around Hastings Contemporary is rich in heritage.
This cache was created by Janey Moffatt working with children from Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and co facilitator Anna Atkinson.
The children enjoyed the local fishing beach near Hastings Contemporary as their source of inspiration and enjoyed visits exploring it, collecting found objects and leaving decorated stones for strangers to find among the shingle. They learned about a wide variety of work made by other artists, with a particular focus on how we can make art using our environment.
The motivation for this cache came from the tiny paper log book scrolls that are often found in small Geocaches. The children used a variety of printing processes to create the work, including Cyanotype, heat transfer, rust printing and lino cut.
To find out more about this cache and the people who made it, check out the QR code on the log book or follow this link. https://www.englandscreativecoast.com/geocaching/geocache-hastings-contemporary-the-scroll/
This geocache is one of many that form part of the world’s first Art GeoTour: England’s Creative Coast (GT4A5). Within each uniquely created geocache, you will be able to hear about and see local hidden histories and hear stories, music and poetry, retold by local people based on their amazing coastal towns.
More about England’s Creative Coast
England’s Creative Coast is a cultural adventure for 2021 that connects and celebrates the stunning South East coastline of England. Discover 7 new contemporary artworks in the breath-taking landscape across Essex, Kent and East Sussex and take part in our GeoTour, with every cache created by the local people that live in the coastal towns of Southend-on-Sea, Gravesend, Margate, Folkestone, Hastings, Bexhill-on-Sea and Eastbourne.
Find out more about the world’s first art GeoTour, and the organisations that helped bring it to life - Cement Fields, Creative Folkestone, De La Warr Pavilion, Hastings Contemporary, Metal, Towner Eastbourne and Turner Contemporary - at englandscreativecoast.com.
Please follow all government COVID guidelines. Interaction with the geocaches is done so at your own risk.