Paper Making ideas/theme

For the paper making project I gathered materials that I found in an apartment that was once lived in well over a decade ago. I collected a beer can, a condensed milk can, a bottle top, a small shot glass, nails in a plastic bag, about 10 35mm slides, and a wooden slide-holder (possibly?) With the exception of the beer can and condensed milk can, all of these objects seem to be in pretty good shape. I am really fascinated by the preservation of these objects and the dichotomy of something decaying, and another looking brand new and fully functional. When looking around this uninhabited space I found myself putting together different narratives at stories in my head based on the objects I found. After learning more information about the man that occupied this space, I became increasingly curious and picked out these objects in hopes of telling a story about what we leave behind. I want to explore urban decay as a theme in this project, in addition to some emerging ideas about abandonment, revelry, and loneliness. I like to think of these objects as relics and fossils, and although there's a profound sense of decay and abandonment, I also have a strong sense of someone living and breathing through these objects.