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Welsh Anthracite Collier (sculpture)
Evans, George Brinley (Mr)
(Sculptor)
Scuplture by George B Evans, 1963. Cast in bronze by Mark Halliday, 2015. Pose depicts the awkwardness of mining in small spaces.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2015.51
Creation/Production
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.
Role: Sculptor
Period: 1963
Acquisition
donation, 23/6/2015
Measurements
Length
(mm): 275
Width
(mm): 350
Height
(mm): 330
Weight
(kg): 14.6
Material
Bronze
Wood
Location
In store
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