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Historical Interpretation Work

Historical reconstruction/interpretation work for onsite interpretation or museum displays. 
My extensive background in interpreting history, (see Age of the Princes portfolio for details) has proven very useful when re creating historical images.
Bronze casting on the Great Orme, Llandudno for onsite interpretation panel.
Watercolour on Illustration board.
Loading slate, Llanberris Slate Museum.
On site interpretation panel.
Watercolour on Illustration board.
Overshot mill, Llanberris slate museum Snowdonia.
On site interpretation panel.
Watercolour on Illustration board.
The now quarried away hillfort above Penmaenmawr. 
Based on a Victorian ground plan of the site.
Faber Castell Polychromos on Bristol Board paper
The first reconstruction of Richard's Castle in Herefordshire. 
Based on discussions with 6 archaeologists.
Faber Castell Polychromos on Bristol Board paper
The devil being dragged to a lake in chains, for an exhibition about church legends. Japanese black carbon ink on Bristol Board paper.
Biscuit box and fuel container used as a WW1 portable latrine. 
For a history of toilets timeline exhibition.
Japanese black carbon ink on Bristol Board paper.
Owain Glyndŵr
Faber Castell Polychromos on Bristol Board paper.
Proposal for an authentic medieval themed attraction at Ruthin castle, North Wales.
Ink drawing with colour added in Adobe Photoshop. 
Battle reconstruction and wildlife for on site interpretation panels.
Faber Castell Polychromos pencils on Bristol Board Paper.
A page from an award winning publication 'Celts are Cool but Romans Rule'
Newspapers in Education, Trinity Mirror.
Adobe Photoshop and In Design.

Medieval style logo for a modern trader.
Japanese carbon black ink, feather quill on Bristol Board paper. 
The Poacher, a gift for a friend.
Scraperboard.
An archery competition.
Japanese carbon ink on Bristol Board board paper.
Reconstruction of a chapel in Mold, connected to the Riots of 1869.
Japanese carbon ink on Bristol Board board paper.
Don't look up! Medieval 'gong farmers' cleaning sewage away at Conwy castle.
Japanese carbon ink on Bristol Board board paper.
An information pack about Dafydd ap Gruffudd at Caergwrle castle, North Wales.
Line and wash illustrations, Japanese ink and watercolour.
A chapel on the Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales.
On site interpretation panel.
Watercolour on illustration board
The Battle of Coleshill, Henry ll ambushed by Owain Gwynedd's men. 
On site interpretation panel.
Gouache and watercolour on Illustration board and Adobe Photoshop.
Victorian style reconstruction of Mold high street, for an on site interpretation panel.
Japanese carbon ink on Bristol Board paper.
Steam train at Shotton, Flintshire for on site panel and for publication.
Japanese carbon ink on Bristol Board paper.
Row of quarrymen's cottages in Penamaenmawr, showing pre sanitation conditions.
'Make it as dirty as possible' was the brief so I obliged.
For museum display.
Japanese carbon ink on Bristol Board paper.
Neolithic Axe making community at Penmaenmawr, North Wales coast. 
Faber Castell Polychromos pencils on Bristol Board paper. I was emailed in the evening with the brief, to be completed by next morning.
The crowning of Owain Glyndŵr. 
Traditional artwork used on a new North Wales heritage app.
A thirteenth century house 
in France, a perspective and textural challenge

1770 bathing in the sacred well of St Dyfnog 
 
 
 
A project created by Monty Funk Productions for The National Trust in Carmarthenshire,
 
Romans in Caerhun in the Conwy Valley. 
Land Rover Lightweight, previously in service with the RAF 
Historical Interpretation Work
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