A Multimedia Exploration of the Story of Vulcan, Blending Film, Poetry, Sound, Music, Art and Science
A Multimedia Exploration of the Story of Vulcan, Blending Film, Poetry, Sound, Music, Art and Science
Ann Beedham’s father Jack started work in the Sheffield steel plants in 1936, aged 14, and is featured in a Sheffield Star book ‘100 Years of Stainless Steel‘, edited by...
18 September 2024
On my recent visit to Sheffield for Cradle of Fire meeting with art mentor Mike Stubbs and a potential new collaborator Jake Harries, I visited a new exhibition ‘Show your...
24 July 2024
Ironstone, a component used in steel making, was mined locally from the mid 19th century. This lump of rock appears small but is weighty. In fact, three generations of mineworkers...
22 July 2024
For this post, I’m grateful to have had access to a copy of a small booklet written by Sylvia Pybus entitled Vulcan: From Mount Olympus to Sheffield, published in 1997...
18 July 2024
During our first research visit we spent a day at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Museum. It forms part of a former steel-working site on the River Sheaf in Sheffield with...
10 July 2024
Rusty detritus of the past found in Sheffield museums gives us hidden glimpses of bygone days with questions of how and when they were used or made. As part of the...
20 June 2024
The story of Vulcan – god of fire, furnaces and volcanoes – is rich with incredible visual and story-telling possibilities. As my knowledge of the myth grows, that intersection with...
10 June 2024
We are thrilled to have received an Arts Council England project grant for our Cradle of Fire research and development (R&D) project.
28 May 2024
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