Category: Artwork
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Exploring Otherworld Derby: Fact and Fiction
Industrial Folkways’ investigations begin in and around Derby, due to the availability and accessibility of both existing evidence, and previous research; and (informed by the primary and secondary sources), the potential for finding further data of relevance to the project. In an old town like this, we can reach out and touch the past: it’s…
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Pickwick in the Park: Cut-out coach card Christmas Craft Activity!
Introduction This activity follows on from the Pickwick in the Park: Seasonal Soundscapes Activity, which explores the auditory environment with particular regard to the location of toll-roads and -gates near and next to Markeaton Park in the 1830s – as discussed in the Interactive Guide. The guide also considered the significance of coach travel at…
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The Story of the Cup: Creative Writing Competition!
Part 2 of the Finding Festive Feasts Quiz briefly mentioned that porcelain cup sherds, dating to the late 1700s, were found during excavations of the stables and stable-yard (in what is now the Craft Village) at Markeaton.* Archaeological evidence (discussed in the Interactive Guide) points towards stable workers living in the loft above the tack…
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Posh Porcelain Art Activities & Christmas Crafts
Part 2 of the Finding Festive Feasts Quiz discussed late 1700s porcelain cup sherds found at Markeaton during excavations of the Craft Village courtyard, in the area of the stables and stable-yard (discussed in the Interactive Guide). As yet, Industrial Folkways hasn’t been able to examine these sherds; so at the moment it’s not possible…
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Lunar Society!
I created the above illustration – ‘Lunar Society!’ – to accompany an external website listing. This image incorporates parts of a late-18th century monochrome illustration of Derby; and elements from an uncoloured etching illustrating a supernatural tale within a mid-19th century book. This new work illustration depicts two witches flying over Derby, viewed from the east…