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Meet the Team: ‘Tommy’
In a previous short post I mentioned that I’m experimenting with prototypes for possible craft and storytelling characters. I’m principally developing craftwork as part of my commercial practice (e.g. possibly as kits to purchase; I’m in the process of reorganising online sales), income from which helps cover IF costs. But I might also incorporate simpler…
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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…
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Prototype characters for crafts and storytelling
I’ve been experimenting with prototypes for possible craft and storytelling characters over the last few weeks. I’ll be remaking these soon – as a recent visit ended with my parting company with two of these; and a third is also about to fly the nest, I’ll post the initial attempts now. (I’ll say more about…
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How to participate
*Webpage under development [last updated 16-04-24]* If living or working in old buildings; or visiting historic buildings, sites and monuments; in these areas, and interested in looking for traces of folk magic in the past, let IF know! Join the mailing list to receive information sent directly to your mailbox, and / or follow this…
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Participation Notifications and Terms & Conditions
*Under development [last updated 16-04-24]* Participants must read and agree to the Participation Notifications and Terms & Conditions, before taking part. Please get in touch with IF with any questions or concerns regarding participation.
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How Might We Investigate Industrial-era Ritual and Belief?
Future posts will go into more detail regarding how the project goes about looking for and analysing evidence for folk rites and beliefs. But for now, I’ve outlined a few of the tasks involved in project work. The About page mentions some of the sources examined alongside historic environments and material culture; so here, I’m…
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Local – Regional – National: Caution, Caveats and Positivity in IF Approaches
The following originally formed part of a discussion on a particular seasonal tradition; but as that post was longer than usual; and the topic will surely arise again; I’ve extracted this to post separately here. Given the frequently-localised forms of many traditions, it can’t be assumed that the customs mentioned in works from regions outside…
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Project Study Areas
Developing previous and ongoing research, IF investigates relevant locations in and around the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. This will involve investigating samples of domestic, industrial and commercial buildings, sites, monuments, landscapes, and other features and spaces, dating to the late 1700s – to mid-1800s; or earlier contexts with activity potentially dating to this…
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Public and Corporate Participation
As outlined in the Study Areas post, IF will investigate relevant locations in and around the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site: the cradle of modern industry. Research primarily focuses on two areas in the Georgian and early Victorian town of Derby – which lays claim to the first factory in the world; the nearby industrial…
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Industrial Folkways: Background
Industrial Folkways (IF) is informed by, and to some degree continues, work carried out through the pilot community archaeology project, ‘Living in the Past’ (‘LIPCAP’ / ‘LIP’), which surveyed mainly occupied industrial housing in the Midlands, to explore historic environments of domestic life, and material traces of everyday experience. I started LIP over a decade…