Copper Mine
From 2007-10, Jill Randall was Artist-In-Residence at Parys Mountain Copper Mine and Amlwch Industrial Heritage Centre, Anglesey, North Wales, funded initially by an “Artists At Work” Award from Cywaith Cymru-Artworks Wales.
Randall undertook a research and development project focussing on the hidden and secret environment of the abandoned underground workings, and how these workings have been mapped and drawn, ranging from studying archival hand drawn maps from the eighteenth century to a Performance/Drawing event involving the members of the Underground Exploration Group .
Other work has focussed on the legacy above ground of the abandoned mine, an extraordinary and unique environment of ‘terrible beauty’, including acidic pools, ochre beds, and flora adapted to the particular chemical conditions. The body of work that resulted was exhibited in ‘Golden Venture’ at the Waterfrobt Museum, Swansea, The National Industrial Museum of Wales, in 2011.
Photography: Jill Randall, Alan Kelly, Dave Bennett.