7/4: Finalising Source Material Matches

Before sending out final archive material and giving my artists the go ahead I spent the day in Bath record office consolidating all the source material I’d encountered during previous visits and provisionally matched to selected artists as-well as reviewing some latest additions Colin had pulled out following my enquiries during the lead up to selection. This day proved pivotal in terms of clarifying archive material for each artist and recording source details. After a long day of scanning, photocopying, photographing, note taking and decision making I am finally in a position to send out confirmation emails and archive material to the selected artists.

Here’s a glimpse into the diverse range of material making its way from one inbox to another! (Many of the sources encompass written elements but for ease of eye I’ve pulled out their visual elements)

spanning subjects from Georgian dentistry practice to upper class spa life vs the Georgian pauper, astronomy to murder and contested duels it's now over to the artists for a while!....