In 2024 I was commissioned by Connecting Threads, the cultural strand of Destination Tweed to be the Berwick Bridge 400 artist in residence.
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40 handmade watercolour paints made from the same sandstone used to repair Berwick Bridge.
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Each paint is named after one of the workers employed for the construction of the bridge in 1624. This included 13 women employed “for sanding the new stone bridge”
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The paints are made from local sandstone, honey and gum arabic and presented in limpet shells found on Berick Beach. Each one is nestled in wool and presented in a paper box.
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Each paint was given to a member of the local community who used it to make a painting inspired by the bridge. Photograph: Pictorial Photography
Results from a public sketching workshop using the sandstone paint.
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Sketching in Stone Exhibition at Foldyard Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Each painting was made by a member of the local community, in honour of one of the original bridge workers from 1624.
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This display depicts the diverse collection of materials that were used to build Berwick Bridge, as recorded in the original account books.
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Listed in the provision records were “bread and drinke for the workers”. Photograph: Pictorial Photography
