Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Aros am Golau. Waiting for Light. (sculpture)
Evans, George Brinley (Mr) (Evans worked at Onllwyn Colliery. As an artist the material he most often used was household emulsion and watercolour on cheap paper. He recorded miners' working methods and technical expertise and resilience in the face of danger. After losing an eye in a mining accident in 1961, he turned to modelling figurines of his workmates and national heroes, using cheap and alternative material - a wire armature is covered in layers of old nylon stockings soaked in plaster, which is then teased into shape and sprayed with car paint.)
Sculpture showing a blindfolded miner sat in a manhole waiting for his eyes to become accustomed to the darkness. On wooden plinth with brass plaque attached.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2003.79/2
Creation/Production
Evans, George Brinley (Mr)
Date: 1960s
Acquisition
Donation, 24/4/2003
Measurements
Length
(mm): 269
Width
(mm): 331
Height
(mm): 270
Weight
(kg): 3.25
Techniques
sculpture
Material
plaster of paris
cellulose
nylon
metal
wood
brass
Location
Big Pit National Coal Museum : Pit Head Baths Gallery (DC 3.07 hanging shelf)
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