TIN WORKS
An ancestry of welsh tinworkers, the science of photography and metal, material and meaning come together in a project exploring the labour and social history of manufacturing.
Industrial worker’s tintype portraits made on the industrial/domestic material of tin.
Landscapes of industry captured in tin can pinhole cameras.
The work was shared at the site of its making at Trostre Works, LLanelli as part of Diffusion Festival 2021. Recent exhibition at National Museum of Wales (Swansea Waterfront) July-Sept 2022. Upcoming publication and film at Ffotogallery, Cardiff.
With the expert collaboration of Peter O’Donnell and Dan Edelstyn. Thank you to Ffotogallery, National Museum of Wales Swansea Waterfront, Colwinston Trust, Richard and Siobhan Coward Trust, Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers, Colour Studios, Subtractor, Calverts.
AT THE TINWORKS
IN THE ARCHIVES
