Part of the on-going ‘My Home Town’ series, these picturesque cottages are located just on the outside of Westoe Village and can often be missed by the casual passer by, tucked away amongst the more modern structures and opposite towering terraced homes, but they are one of my favourite buildings in the area.
Broughton Cottages.
The work will be printed on;
Ilford Cotton Textured paper, which is a highly textured Giclée art paper offering strong reproduction of blacks and good colour intensity with a texture that holds the ink and catches the light. This Giclée paper has a white uncoated paper base, which together with the texture gives the artwork a lovely fine art reproduction feel.
PAPER TONE - Warm White
TEXTURE - High texture
FINISH - Matt
Sizing
Paper mm inches A1 594 x 841 mm 23.4 x 33.1 inches A2 420 x 594 mm 16.5 x 23.4 inches A3 297 x 420 mm 11.7 x 16.5 inches A4 210 x 297 mm 8.3 x 11.7 inches As I have grown over the years, the appreciation I feel for my home town South Shields has increased immensely. I think when we become familiar with our environments, and adapt to a routine we miss the beauty in front of us. From the days coalminers descended down the pits to technological advances allowing us to work from home, there are generations of memories and stories here. Births, laughter, tears, mistakes, loss, hope, fear, triumphs flow through this wonderful community and in honour of this place I call home I am undertaking a project to pay tribute to South Shields with the hopes that others that were born in, live in, or have memories of this town share their stories and encourage us all to take pause, and look up at the beauty that surrounds us.