My Exhibition and others at the Willow Gallery 16.3.2013

Last year, I had the task of covering Helfa Gelf, (Wrexham area) 2012 for The Collective. This is where I first made contact with Anthea Landon, ( for more information and see Anthea J Landon 15.9.2012 Helfa Gelf  (8 of 16) my blog about Helfa Gelf). She is  a local, multi-talented artist .

As a result of meeting Anthea, and with her encouragement, she introduced me to the locally renowned  Willow Gallery, Oswestry. This was the impetus that I needed to fulfill a personal goal - to have an exhibition of my own photography.

Anthea has been my mentor, when planning which work I was going to exhibit and the way in which I was to go about it. She also introduced me to a local picture framer, Phil ( http://www.eytonframers.co.uk/  )  

These images are the ones that I selected to exhibit.

I found the experience a little surreal because I never thought that this event would become a reality. I wanted people to view the world through my eyes. 

Thank you so much everyone that came to the preview event and a big thank you to everyone who supported me and took time to visit the exhibition. I'm not sure that I could have done it all without you all!

Rhythm

and

 Dynamics Exhibition 

The Willow Gallery

17^th March to 1^st June

Preview – Saturday 16^th March 11am- 2pm

The Willow Gallery is delighted to invite you to the opening of our eagerly awaited Rhythm and Dynamics Exhibition.

This vibrant exhibition will be showcasing work from a variety of local artists. It will be a celebration of movement, music, energy and the natural world expressed in a wide range of media, including sculpture, oils, ink, acrylic, pastels, collage and photography.

Rhythm and Dynamics will be running for eleven weeks. Keep an eye on how the exhibition develops as new work will be on show at different intervals. In this first stage of the exhibition we will be featuring work by Bridget McLaren, Dawn Field, Des Jones, Jean Napier, Jenny Jones, Jim Heath, Katharine Laird, Llewellyn Cumings, Malcolm Tillis and Stephanie Jacobs.

Come and join us for the preview on Saturday 16th March from 11am to 2pm to get inspired and meet some of the exhibiting artists.

The other Artists and there work 

Jim Heath

Katharine  Laird

Stephanie Jacobs

Llewellyn Cumings

Malcolm Tillis

link below for more info on the Willow Gallery.

http://willowgalleryoswestry.wordpress.com/

http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/The-Willow-Gallery/130124760382300?ref=stream&viewer_id=0

LLay Mining Heritage Centre 2010 - 2011

Residents of Llay, a former mining village in North Wales have made great use of Heritage Lottery funding to keep alive their own history. The museum's official opening was 17th January 2011 by His Lordship the Mayor of Wrexham, Jim Kelly.

The above image is one that I have taken of a memorial in The Llay Miners Welfare Club in North Wales to remember all the miners who worked at Llay Main Colliery from 1922 to 1966.

I was approached by a former member of North Wales Miners Association Trust (NWMAT)  to help out with a new project by documenting the progress of the creation of the museum. This involved visually recording the artifacts that were either donated or loaned to the museum.

The images below are of the museum being created in what was originally a bare room.

Below are a few of the artifacts that I photographed for the museum's archives.

Barbara, the patron saint of miners

Breathing apparatus that was used in the event of a gas leak

The picture above on the right is of a detonator that would have been used down the mine at some point.

A hip flask that possibly was taken down the mine together with their snappin?

The above statuette was made by the German named on the plaque.

This is a collection of the battery packs with lamps, that the miners would have worn.

This is my photographic image that was used for the engraving by a Yale College student on the official plaque declaring the museum open.

Above and below are a selection of my images taken within the museum that illustrate the various kinds of displays on show.

For more information, or to visit the museum see the link below

http://www.llai.org.uk/llay-miners-heritage-centre.php

For info on

North Wales Miners Trust
( NWMAT )

http://www.northwalesminers.com/