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Embedded History

Embedded History was a project I started in my first year of university where I explored historic sites in my area during lockdown that are not obvious points of interest. I decided to bring significance to these sites through drawing in the hope people would appreciate the history of these sites through the artwork. Below is a selection of pieces from the project with their individual stories attached.

Pencil Drawings
The Light that Indicates a Window

This is an A3 piece made with a mixture of charcoal and graphite. The piece is based on a small servants cottage that sits on the Peckforton estate in Cheshire. The image is of a beam of light that comes into part of the cottage that is completely overgrown with ivy except for the one window that lets the light in. There is no information about this cottage at all, the only information about this property is that it was built around the same time as Peckforton Castle.

Smugglers Path

This piece is a an A3 pencil drawing of a public road/path through Peckforton forest that was originally a trade way between the North West of England and Wales. This specific part of the path was near a cave that was used by smugglers that intercepted goods moved along this route.

They are Still Here

This is an A3 piece made with a mixture of Pencil and graphite. The piece is based on a small servants cottage that sits on the Peckforton estate in Cheshire. The image is of a beam of light that comes into part of the cottage that is completely overgrown with ivy except for the one window that lets the light in. There is no information about this cottage at all, the only information about this property is that it was built around the same time as Peckforton Castle.

Abandoned Watch Post
Light in a Dark Place

This is an A3 piece made with a mixture of pencil and graphite. The piece is based on a small servants cottage that sits on the Peckforton estate in Cheshire. The image is of a beam of light that comes into part of the cottage that is completely overgrown with ivy except for the one window that lets the light in. There is no information about this cottage at all, the only information about this property is that it was built around the same time as Peckforton Castle.

Castle Dungeon
Forest

A7 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

A Dark Place

A6 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

Hole in the Wall

A6 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

A7 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

Hidden Nook

A7 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

The Top Window

A5 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

Queens Parlour

A7 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

Ivy Covered House

A6 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

Front Window

A5 Monotype on 150gsm Cartridge Paper

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