Yesterday went to the Costain roadworks site with Liz Morison at Clydach Gorge to see the site from the inside. We went out on site in safety gear.
Continuing my drawings and etching of plant contours, Plantline, I etched the contours of the landscape into a small prepared plate. This is currently line etching in Copper Sulphate.
We were in the midst of working machinery with the A465 behind us and the green hills of Clydach rising steeply in front of us. One of the many new bridges was being built up and later we saw the foundations of a sweeping footbridge over the gorge – Clydach footbridge.
Liz was collecting soil and other debris for her work.
I got photographs and footage of people working on site, in particular focussing on where people touched the land – feet and the machinery moving the soil.
