rejectamenta

General information about you and your use of rejectamenta

1 Are you (please select all that apply)

an artist a designer a crafts person a sculptor
an 'outsider' artist an educator a student

other (please state)

2 Which of the following do you create?

collage assemblage sculpture
prints artists' books mail art
crafts textiles

other (please state)

3 How often do you use rejectamenta in your creative work?

<please select> always usually sometimes rarely never

4 What type of rejectamenta do you predominantly use?

natural (eg leaves) or manufactured (eg plastic or paper ephemera)

<please select> all natural predominantly natural natural and manufactured equally predominantly manufactured all manufactured

5 Do you work from

An external space? A space at home?

Other (please describe)

6 How much time, in a typical week, do you generally spend finding and using rejectamenta?

<please select> 33 or more hours 25-32 hours 17-24 hours 9-16 hours 0-8 hours

7 What proportion of your income is generated by your creative practice?

<please select> All my income comes from my creative practice Part of my income comes from my creative practice I have another job that supports my creative practice Other (please describe)
if Other

Collection and collation of rejectamenta

8 How often do you collect rejectamenta?

<please select> daily weekly monthly randomly

9 Do you predominantly

seek out rejectamenta at external locations (eg the street / skips or dumpsters / junk shops) ?

or

use self-generated / internal rejectamenta (eg junk mail / household or studio waste) ?

<please select> all external predominantly external external and internal equally predominantly internal all internal

10 Which of the following statements describe you?

I have a store of previously collected rejectamenta

or

I specifically seek rejectamenta as and when they are needed

<please select> all previously collected predominantly previously collected previously collected and specifically sought equally predominantly specifically sought all specifically sought

11 Which of the following statements describes your finding of rejectamenta? (Please select all that apply)

I usually visit the same location or follow the same route when looking for rejectamenta

I usually look randomly for rejectamenta

I use a variety of regular locations and routes when looking for rejectamenta

I rely on surprise / accidental finds of rejectamenta

Other people donate rejectamenta to me

other (please describe)

if Other

Optional Comments

12 Which of the following statements best describes the type of rejectamenta you use ?

I use 'free' rejectamenta (found in the trash, on the street, in skips/dumpsters etc)

or

I purchase second-hand rejectamenta (from garage sales, junk shops etc)

<please select> I always use 'free' rejectamenta I predominantly use 'free' rejectamenta I use an equal mix of 'free' and purchased rejectamenta I predominantly use purchased rejectamenta I always use purchased rejectamenta

Optional Comments

13 Are your found items

sorted after finding?

sorted sporadically?

all jumbled together?

put away until needed?

put on display until needed?

Optional Comments

14 Please describe what goes through your mind at the moment of locating a suitable piece of rejectamenta

15 Please explain how you decide to select rejectamenta

16 Please explain how you decide to reject rejectamenta

External input and outcomes

17 Please identify any public funding that you receive for work using rejectamenta

(Public funding includes grants, bursaries, scholarships, awards etc.)

Public funding received <please select> None for my own work for community or educational work for both my own work and community or educational work Other (please describe)

if Other

18 Please identify how your work is placed in the public domain?

Please select all relevant options and provide details

Publications

Books / digital publications / web sites / exhibitions / reviews <please select> None in the last five years 1-5 in the last five years 6+ in the last five years

Please give specific details

Other areas of the public domain

Youth or community projects, fund raising, open studio, residencies, exchange projects (round robins) etc.

Please give specific details

My work is not in the public domain

I create my work for my own fulfillment and it is not in the public domain.

Please give specific details

Participation in further research

19 Please select one of the following

20 Your contact and personal details

Your first name | Your surname

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Your address

Your phone number | Your e-mail

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Your web address

Your age <please select> 20 and under 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71+ Your gender <please select> Female Male

Your own comments

21 Please add any additional comments here including details of anyone you know who may be interested in participating with this research

Thank you very much for your participation. All participants will be kept informed of my findings.