Exhibited in Swansea Commisioned by Locws International to create a temporary public art work in Swansea, I was inspired by the 19 century ‘Cape Horners’, (sailors that repeatedly made voyages around Cape Horn, on three masted sailing ships to bring copper ore back from Chile). I created a series of dioramas presented as stereo photographs depicting the long journeys and extraordinary sights that sailors experienced as they set sail from Swansea Bay, past Mumbles Head and out beyond the horizon. To create these dioramas, I used artefacts from Swansea’s museums including ‘sailor made’ model ships, historic paintings, and journals, as well as creating some background scenes and props myself.
Image shows stereo transparencies of ‘Sailor Made’ model Copper Barque - City & County of Swansea: Swansea Museum Collection; and painting by James Harris, Snr. 1810-1887. Seascape with Three Barques; oil on canvas; 1882 - City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection
An artist, working from Wysing Arts Centre, near Cambridge jackie@jackiechettur.com