Mudlarking the River Thames - The River as a source of inspiration

Join me as I meet up with Simon Bourne (@Si-Finds on KZbin) to go for a mudlark along the River Thames London. I find some old bottles which I am hoping Simon can repurpose into some glasses. Can he do it?!
It's not surprising to learn that the River Thames inspires some marvellous works of art. It has done for centuries and it still does.
I love to make collages and artworks with some of my Thames finds and you can see some of them on my website and on my etsy site:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Tidelineart
www.tidelineart.com
During the second half of this video you will see some other examples of work created by people who are inspired by the River, whether that be by the view, the wildlife, their mudlarking and metal detecting finds - or just the general feeling of being down on the foreshore. They paint, draw, create jewellery, ceramics and some give new life to the pieces which they pick up from the Thames mud.
Here are the contact details for the artists and creators featured on this video:-
Simon Bourne - @Si-finds on KZbin and instagram
Kate Avery - facebook and instagram : @heirandspace
Coral Pearce - instagram : @coral.pearce54
Anthony Harris - facebook @antique and comic shoppe
Sophie de Courcy : www.sophiedecourcy.co.uk
Jacqueline Wise :
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JacquiWi...
instagram : @jacquiwise
Stephen Auker :
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CoinRing...
KZbin : @TheManWithTheHat
Mike Martin:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MikesQua...
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/freshlav...
Thank you for watching. If you've enjoyed please subscribe to my channel.
And if you get enjoy getting creative tell me about it in the comments section. Id love to hear about it.
you can follow me on twitter and instagram @tidelineart.
And lastly, you do need a permit from the Port of London Authority to mudlark on the River Thames. Check out their website for more details.

[@robin2724]

Excellent collaboration video with Si, congratulations to you both! So generous of you to share and support your fellow artists. I especially loved the little frog looking up at me daring me to try and take a bite. Thank you so very much!

[@Sifinds]

Brilliant episode Nic, so many talented people! I’m sure there’s more to be found too!

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

This was such a lovely vlog. I enjoyed all of it so much. Thank you, Nicola and Si Fi! I am so happy. With the way the bottles turned out.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you. And me too x

[@ilikehardplay]

I'm in awe. You and Sy are not just notable material culture historians..... but also artists turning the detritus of the past into beauty for the present.

[@dr_steve]

Nicola: Thank you so much for sharing not only your finds and Simon's, but the artwork of your many friends and subscribers. I am in awe of the talent you and so many others display. I envy how you see something most of us never even see. Love how the sunlight bounces off The Shard! Thanks for half an hour of reflection and utter amazement!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Steve for watching and enjoying. X

[@donaburns7912]

Beauty surrounds us if we open our eyes. Thanks to Nic and Si for a lovely respite from the cares of the day. From Frederick MD in the USA

[@TheManWithTheHat]

Thank you Nicola for the shout out. Really appreciate that very much. I have some old bottles which I can donate sometime.

[@middleC17]

I am so impressed by all the beautiful art! People are so creative and talented, it never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for sharing!

[@lorikendrick5076]

Love the bottles into glasses!! And his prints!! Love them. Your fish are always beautiful! Great art pieces all around!!! I'm an artist and I love all this.

[@salishseaquest7952]

Amazing Artwork! Wonderful to see how the Thames inspires and the Mudlarks aspire. Lovely to see my two favorite mud lovers in action -- Nic and Simon -- a great pair of educators and entertainers. Thanks for taking us all along!

[@thomasodonnell9221]

My, how very creative you two are!

[@neildudley5446]

A very nice video, Nicola. I especially like the glass cutting.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

You'll have to try it out maybe Neil!

[@BruceGordon925]

Beauty is timeless.... Your art has a bit of you which lasts forever. You find art in the mud, you bring back someone else who was like you.

[@StonedustandStardust]

Your tide comes in so fast, it reminded me of the Bay of Fundy. You really have to know when it is time to quit!

[@miasverypretty]

Really shocked how far the water had come in before you came up the steps. So glad you know what your're doing! xx

[@MrVxrman]

Nah Si had his red trainers on walking up the steps 😉

[@miasverypretty]

@@MrVxrman :D

[@moirablack3768]

Fabulous finds from you and Simon and wonderful ,beautiful art from everyone following it! Thank you all🙏🤗

[@52Morgan52]

Thank you Nicola, another 30+ minutes of total relaxation watching you and Si-Finds.

[@CarlaHolley]

in the opening 2 minutes of 2004's "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking" (with Rupert Everett as Holmes), set in 1902, there's a scene of mudlarkers on the Thames at low tide, searching for treasure and scraps.

[@julietaylor7297]

You are the epitome of kindness and joy. Sharing the art of others is wonderful and selfless. Thank you for your videos. I watch them often. Keep of the amazing work that you do.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you xx

[@jacquiwise2529]

Thank you for including my artwork Nicola. Lovely to see the wonderful work created by other artists too inspired by the river. The light shining off the Shard was amazing!

[@markwarren6943]

Jacqui Wise Lovely artwork.

[@mirkatu3249]

I especially enjoyed watching all you creatives repurpose your finds into such lovely pieces of art.

[@terryfletcher6465]

This I think is my favourite video so far. Well done, much appreciated.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Terry!

[@richardgreen4062]

My 6 year old daughter absolutely loves your videos. She loves your art too. She is inspired by your adventure to adventure herself.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

That's great news Richard. Send me a photo of her artwork if she would like to and I'll feature it on a video.pls say hi to her from me

[@shelleythornton7520]

Thank you so much for this lovely video. All your friends art pieces are just so inspiring to look at. The china pieces were so detailed . It really puts what we buy today to shame. Keep up the good work Nicola you really make my day.

[@andy2950]

Perfect comedy timing Si ! "Nicola's top off (pause ) these bottles " 😨😇😄

[@MJMucha]

🤣🤪😄🤪 I caught that too!

[@Sifinds]

A thank you 😉

[@douglassmith5414]

Oh Si, you're such a B(*)(*)B sometimes, lmao!

[@marikebakkenes3644]

If you only know how happy all this beautiful art make me. 😊

[@chrispotts6727]

My absolute most favourite KZbin find ever. Thank you so much.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you very much Chris x

[@ohjoannabanana]

Thanks for another wonderful video. I love the art theme of this one, and the music is so nice too.

[@territheoldneedleshop996]

What beautiful art work! Lovely to know there are people who still make wonderful art with their hands! Ohhhh the one with the hands holding the pins💖...thanks for sharing!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

I thought you'd like that one! X

[@MrVxrman]

Two of my very favourite you tubers in one video is a great bonus fore shore 🙂 🍻Si 🥂Nicola 👍

[@ggsmith099]

Thanks I'm am so glad you posted this video! I needed your smile and voice you just do my spirit good! I've been having health problems my heart! You just make me feel so much better! I loved how the fog was burning off that odd shape building you should make a print of that! I don't know how you find so many pipes! Well I've probably said to much but! I'm still jealous over here in Tennessee!😎

[@MarkSpeight37]

I hope you feel a little better soon. Cheers, Mark

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

Great finds, Great People, Great Music, Great Art, Great Video! Thanks So Much! Love, Light and Peace and Lovely Muddy Finds! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@SmallWonda]

WOnderful! So many talented folk, and so lovely to share them with us, thank YOU! Always wondered what Si did besides messing about in the muck!! Very nice way to preserve the character of an item and turn it into (multiple) something elses. Glad he could do the bottles, I'd heard this was possible and I get sad when I see people thinking a broken top makes a fancy bottle useless. Very enjoyable - that Shard is rather frightening - you hear how mirrors can set fires... I wonder what that Cormorant thinks... 😎🙀👍🚂🌞🐾😕

[@billcotton1551]

Those glasses Si did are awesome!

[@gloriadickerman6074]

Nichola, your videos fascinate me! I must say, though, when you are showing a close-up in your hand, I'm not really looking atit. I'm looking around your hand to the ground, to see if I can see anything else! Si, I love that both you and Nichola usually always tell some of the history about your finds. It bothers me, though, that you leave some things behind. I would collect EVERYTHING! Lol! Very enjoyable to watch what is found on the Thames! God bless!

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

Thank you for showing us such beautiful works of art inspired by the Thames! So amazing! Si's coin was a wonderful find. The light coming off the Shard was awesome! Thanks for taking us along!

[@andy2950]

Wow, there's certainly a whole lot of talent out amongst the silt 👌

[@craftylittlerthings]

Every time you come on in your room, my eyes go right to my most favourite find you have, and that is the statue/ornament of the sitting lad, I love love love it. I have a few ornaments I got when living in Hong Kong and he reminds me so much of the best time of my life. Hugs xxx Ann xxx

[@rogerdempsey7227]

Beautiful work you do Nicola and Simon two very creative I'm sure you can sell your stuff and get that swimming pool be blessed

[@michelehood8837]

The Shard looks amazing with the sun reflecting off of it 👍

[@StonedustandStardust]

Is that what they call that building? Awesome!

[@geofft3214]

Beautifully made video! Those bottles came out really well. Thanks Nic and Si 😊👍👍

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you

[@peter990099]

love these Collaboration episodes between 2 (or more) KZbin mudlarkers.

[@tnago428]

Fantastic video!Fabulous creative art by Si!

[@UrbanDKaye]

Thx also for sharing the work of so many artists inspired by the Thames!

[@caledgerton]

Thanks, Nicola, and Simon, for another quality video! I feel blessed and inspired!

[@christinehodge3608]

Really interesting of nicola and Si, liked the bit where they both came up the steps at high tide cleverly done, art work very good very talented,

[@KenBlackRifleAmerica]

Such a creative and wonderful video! Thank you Nicola, Si and all the wonderful talented people sending in their absolutely LOVELY artwork! A great video to watch with early sunday morning coffee! Thank you again! 💖💖💖🌷👌

[@julsknapp7192]

I have to admit that I binged watched all of your videos too fast.. I was so happy to see a new one pop up! Each one shows such progress with the filming and content. Love seeing your studio with your collections and artwork so much. 😍

[@amandapittar9398]

That’s a brilliant use of broken antique bottles. Perfect wonderful recycling

[@Mountlougallops]

Always happy to see SI-Finds. I think that the only things I like better than your pipes are your glass bottle stoppers

[@stevepilley6121]

Special Video! I love the collaboration and sharing of ideas. What a treat for those of us who will only walk the foreshore in our most beautiful dreams.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Steve. x

[@russellharrison9592]

Yet another great video by a beautiful talented lady

[@hopecochran130]

One of my favorite videos! I would love to be a mudlarker, until then I'm happy river and creek combing.

[@steveevans105]

Full on entertainment from tideline art and si-finds 👍

[@raimamohommed7518]

Thank u Si n Ni. Beautiful video enjoy watching u two.lots things th

[@dougzirkle5951]

Thanks for the hard work, Nicola. Watching it was a highlight of my day!

[@thomasodonnell9221]

Ah, Nicola, your finds are so splendid and your radiance is the embellishment that holds our attention. You are a gem!

[@denisemac118]

Fantastic video! I loved the collaborations between you and Simon! Then you top off the video with all the works of art! Wonderful!!!!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you x

[@tazzie2shoos]

My two favourite mudlarkers!

[@megz_85]

Well done Si!

[@debbydriscoll6262]

I love it when you guys mudlark! You have great energy and I can tell you respect each other’s friendship 😁

[@brianchester4218]

What I would love would be to have a museum with mudlarking finds made in to things like your fish and the drawings etc etc and ensure the heritage is forever displayed

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Yes, Im working on a mini museum.x

[@glynluff2595]

Pearl button is a collar stud. This is a front one with folding tab which joins front of separate collar to shirt and allows neckwear to be worn over it.

[@marydegenkolb9603]

what a wonderful video. I love the art that the Thames inspires such talented people to create. I love the fish you make, the coin rings that Stephen makes, and now Si with his impressions with ink and paint and the bowls. Such talented group. I enjoy all your finds and items. I would love to come and mud lark one time. It is a favorite dream.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

I hope you can make it over! X

[@justdustino1371]

Those things from 10:48 are waste from a stamping machine of some sort. Brass can be had in coils of of flat brass "tape" and machines stamp out various things. As a matter of fact, a cartridge case for a bullet starts out like that. A machine stamps out "cups" from the brass coil then they are drawn through collets to form tubes called "case blanks". That 1807 penny has great detail and patina and I think it was new when it was lost! Great video! You and Si make awesome videos together. 😃 Edit: I have a pontiled beer with the neck broke off I want to cut the top off gotta find someone with a saw.

[@StonedustandStardust]

We have found some of those shards metal detecting in our yard. My husband said they were from some kind of stamping as you wrote.

[@justdustino1371]

@@StonedustandStardust Yep! A long time ago they made everything they could out of sheet brass.

[@eatiegourmet1015]

The cartridge case construction you describe is exactly how they make the ubiquitous aluminium can today.

[@jimkey920]

Nicola, A very interesting video. I truly enjoyed the art. So much repurposing talent. reminds me of the phrase: "there will always be an England:. As long as you and your friends keep finding and sharing it. That goes for ENGLAND, with or without Brexit!

[@LetsgowithTheJohnsons]

I love that Gigantic bottle! Wow, so much creativity in the world. Thanks for sharing with us :)

[@helenburke9507]

Hi from the USA. State of Oregon. Love to go “River Walking” as I call it. Treasures call my name ... Thank You Nicola for this great adventure time .

[@cherylolsen4420]

Great Nicola, thank you for another interesting jam packed episode! The Art compilation of various artists' is wonderful and such a range of types, me thinks that I shall revisit this episode often such a wealth of beautiful art, information & sites. Filming & photography outstanding! Thank you Nicola & Friends you do the Thames proud!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you xx

[@raewhisner4545]

I just love all of your mudlarking adventures. Both you and Si..it just amazes me what you find and that killer coin too Si. So jeleous. A trip to the UK is on my bucket list.

[@thedrifterr]

Making things out of what you find is cool

[@xman870096]

Such talent and creativity from Nicola and all her Mudlarking friends!! It's all so beautiful....

[@janvafa4253]

The driftwood bowl is perfect for catching change on a dresser!

[@yvonnesquadrilli8997]

your such a wonderful good heart sharing so much thank you Nicola

[@peterfairway2820]

Well done Nicola and si. Great video again. Love the shard shots. Plus all the talented people’s art work at the end of the video. More please.👍😀

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Peter. Glad you enjoyed it x

[@weasel6three597]

always pleasure to watch your videos. I can't believe all those Yanks going to your hunting grounds to find cool stuff in that river. Thanks again and keep the videos coming!

[@tereselapree222]

Beautiful day on the foreshore! Thank you for taking us along! Amazing that a bit of wax still survives on the pipe stem piece!

[@kathyrobinson9959]

Lovely to spend a beautiful spring day with the two of you on the river. Thanks much!

[@trueherbsman]

you make a wonderfully natural and exciting couple of larkers if I do say so

[@advenzures]

Super adventure. Thank you for sharing. Happy Hunting.

[@petermurrell5221]

Love your studio. Another great video. Your work is well documented thanks x🙏💕

[@repetemyname842]

Fantastic tour of the studio, love seeing all your creations. Si's work was good to see as well- love the idea of making prints from the bottles, very unique and seeing the glasses created was fun to watch, love those old bottles. Keep up the good work!

[@noreenedge8951]

Thankyou both for a great video.The pearlised button looks to me like a shirt button to attach a loose collar.

[@hell0hkitty]

absolutely stunning! all of it!

[@eba44]

Just wonderful!--- as always! Thanks Nic!

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

Love that self portrait so . That ought to be an album cover.

[@Londonietis]

I was lucky to find george the 3rd 1793 gold coin today! Buzzing guys! :)

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Wow. Really. That's amazing! :) well done.

[@randysmith8979]

Great video, Si's 1807 penny was a really nice find.

[@anitahickinbotham2737]

Nicola. your videos are delightful, calming, and a bit of fresh air in the busyness of life. Thank you for sharing your outings and finds with us, and the history of some of what you discover. The glass fish you create from the gatherings are wonderful and I also really like the combo videos with your friends! All of it...thumbs up!

[@GarnetCarmichael]

Very inspiring Nicola, the copper cut outs might be from the manufacturing of buttons as well. Thanks for the video!

[@dansmolen1618]

Damnit! This 57 year old treasure hunter is going to just come right out and say it, Nicola,YOU are quite an attractive mud lark'er, I'd love spending a day or few with you hunting treasures in London(where I've never been),and sight seeing,perusing in interesting shops that interest you,then buy you dinner at the best fish-n-chips spot you know,and review our finds! Continued success to you in this awesome hobby! Much love from the U.S.A.!

[@jan-reiniervoute6701]

Very pleasant video, Nicola, with interesting finds. Making something from what is (almost) nothing, splendid. Please pass on to Si that a powerfile works very well to bevel/deburr glass.

[@bnanabelle]

Fantastic video - finds - vases - art and the strange reflection almost misty rainbow from the tower ♥

[@dottiegnyc1]

thank you for a nice finish to a beautiful weekend, I love every minute of your videos!! one of these days I will have one of your fish. also, the bottles turned out great....i would like one of those too!!! ;-)

[@ravenfaebowie]

5:05 there's actually a partial 7 on the coin, but it's really worn. But still amazing detail considering it's from 1807

[@RobertWorley]

I agree saw it around 4:40

[@MrVxrman]

Yeah I agree 1807 fore shore 🙂🙏

[@StonedustandStardust]

Yes, saw the 7 clearly.

[@VickieV1333]

I see it as well.

[@markharris5771]

At 8:20 he Si says it’s 1807.

[@minnieearhart221]

Beautiful bottle vases! Beautiful George coin! Nicola your art pieces r beautiful!

[@lisafarr2317]

Fantasic pieces of art made from history. Loved the vid.

[@saraboone8614]

As always enjoyed your video.

[@davidphilippi4429]

No, Thank You for what you do. Sharing is a blessed thing. 🙂

[@marty9011]

Really enjoyed seeing the Thames-inspired artworks. Thank you.