In what seems like another life, but was only a month ago, I walked along the line of the Roman road above Rowen (North Wales) making research drawings for the last part of the course – “Using arts-based practice to explore a body of archaeological material” – in my case, using techniques derived from deep mapping projects to make paintings of the sites around Bwlch y Ddeufaen . Grand(iose) ideas and lots of plans for return visits to gather more information. Ha ha ha. The work is now 100% from memory.
But in a strange fit of prescience, I took photographs of closed gates and barbed wire …
