King & Queen: The Ancoats Chess Set

Reuben, Age 16

  • Photograph
  • Found objects
  • 250(w) 250(h) 45(d) mm

During lockdown I discovered a box of bits and pieces in my basement and started making characters with them to photograph. The pieces had been found in an abandoned cotton mill in Ancoats, Manchester. I made a full chess set and these are portraits of the King and Queen.

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