Debs Wrekon: Fire, Scrap and Sculpture

Welcome to Roaming voices, a podcast having conversations with people who live in nomadic ways.This is episode 4, and today we hear from Debs Wrekon, a sculptress and member of the Mutoid Waste Company, an anarchistic arts collective founded in the 80's that makes post-apocalyptic pieces out of scrap. Deb's work ranges from large installations like giant love hearts made out of the back of two caravans welded together, to smaller pieces made from household items like spoons and nut crackers, and are a bit of a feminist statement, putting a new spin on things which may be traditionally associated with being a housewife.Her work features at festivals all over the world, including Japan and Italy and of course the UK festivals like Glastonbury, Shindig and Boomtown. Useful links:​Roaming Voices Instagram​Wrekon Website​Debs Wrekon Instagram​Wrekon - Mutoid Waste Co. Facebook​House of Commons ( Removal of Hippy Convoy at Stonybridge PDF​New Age Travellers - Seven Days At Stoney Cross (YouTube)Mutonia (YouTube)​Mutonia Website​Arcadia Website​Tripadvisor Mutonia (love the fact that this is here! :-)​Mutonia Risk of Eviction ​Raw Vision Blog Mutonia​Unfair eviction of Mutonia​Unfairground at Glastonbury Festival​⁠Atchin Tan at Glastonbury Festival ⁠​Deamon or Doppleganger (YouTube)​Deamon or Doppleganger article in Glasto Fest Feed​Gypsy & Traveller Trades Breifing​Local authority transit provision for Gypsies & Travellers ​Best Practice for assessing the accommodationneeds of Gypsies and Travellers​Applying for a pitch on a Council site​Travellers Times Scrap Metal Law​Rockaway ParkIf you enjoyed this podcast and would like to find out more please follow the links in the show notes and if you would like to join me for a conversation please email ⁠[email protected]⁠ Thank you for listening.Josie 🌞Music Credits:Theme Tune Jingle: Pappa Jeffery!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)https://uppbeat.io/t/doug-organ/twilight-dubLicense code: IDDPITX8BPHLQQNUhttps://uppbeat.io/t/sky-gienger/spotlightLicense code: 9ZBBJ0LLR86ZMQWAhttps://uppbeat.io/t/sky-gienger/how-did-you-find-meLicense code: SR9EBH1VTEGN7ZEL