Artistic practice in our docklands
Art in the Docks is an artist-led social enterprise in Newham that offers creative activities to support people’s wellbeing. This display brings together objects from the V&A collection that are rooted
in the colourful history of the London Docks as places of movement, exchange and community. We’ve also displayed a mosaic inspired by the collection that we made collaboratively in the Creative Studios at Storehouse. Together, the objects weave stories of life, memory and creativity, inviting the viewer to journey across time and place.
Written by: Art in the Docks, Creative Health & Wellbeing Group
Published: April 2026
NCOL.180-2026: Mosaic, co-produced by Creative Health and Wellbeing group from Art in the Docks using found objects made at V&A East Storehouse, made by Jaroslaw, Jean, Kalpana, Kathy, Natasha, Rae, Vanessa, Zeze, Alessandra Olivi (MASc Creative Health, UCL), Sally Barton and Gal Leshem (Creative Studios Practitioners, V&A East Learning & Engagement).
Sourcebook for Design
- Museum Number
- T.78-1954
- Description
- Handkerchief
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- England, 1832
- Museum Number
- T.279-2019
- Description
- 'Bellani Crossbody' bag
- Artist/Maker
- Bottletop
- Location and Date
- Brazil, 2020
- Materials/Techniques
- Leather, Metal
- Museum Number
- T.39-1918
- Description
- Bracelet
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown
- Location and Date
- Italy, ca. 1855-1865
- Materials/Techniques
- Hair, Gold, Opals, Pieta dura, Mosaic, Braiding
- Museum Number
- IM.8-1910
- Description
- Kun-it (betel box)
- Location and Date
- Burma, mid 19th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Bamboo, Thitsi lacquer, Gold-leaf, Clay, Ash, Pigment, Glass, Basketry, Forming, Gilding, Colouring, Glass-working
- Museum Number
- M.289-1983
- Description
- Mosaic
- Artist/Maker
- Huntley & Palmers
- Location and Date
- England, 1901
- Materials/Techniques
- Tinplate, Offset lithography, Embossing