#armleymills

[forestpines]

This was the only railway locomotive I spotted on display at #leedsindustrialmuseum - it didn't have any sort of interpretation, but I think it's probably the chassis of a mining loco #railway #narrowgauge #engine #locomotive #chassis #leeds #armleymills #yorkshire (at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4UXsOMHRhT/?igshid=8s6val7lyonr

[forestpines]

Locomotive boilermaking formers outside Leeds Industrial Museum #museum #leedsindustrialmuseum #armleymills #leeds #locomotive #steamtrain #boiler #boilersmithing #boilermaking (at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4UQ_ECHWJQ/?igshid=2esggvy6glo7

[forestpines]

The bits of #leedsindustrialmuseum that are closed to the public. The building on the left is rumoured to house the museum's locomotive collection, but is sadly sealed off and apparently ignored, despite its importance #museum #leeds #armleymills #yorkshire (at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4UP9s_njk_/?igshid=1067o1vokg5vc

[forestpines]

Royal coat of arms, Leeds Industrial Museum #leeds #museum #leedsindustrialmuseum #armleymills #coatofarms #coatofarmsleymills #heraldry (at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4S34UIHkEc/?igshid=lpcilvcjil38

[forestpines]

Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills #museum #leeds #leedsindustrialmuseum #armleymills #railway #narrowgauge (at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4S3oB9nqdL/?igshid=14bo81dz5bi2e

[forestpines]

Leeds Industrial Museum. Down the bottom is the outdoor storage area, with various interesting-looking locomotives and bits of machinery rusting away. In the distance, the viaduct is the railway line to Harrogate. #leeds #museum #leedsindustrialmuseum #armleymills (at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4S2VkOH_4m/?igshid=a1bl4yfkdxu9

[interwovenhistories]

An Armley Odyssey - Golden Owls

In early 2018 Leeds Industrial Museum, working with a local secondary school Swallow Hill Community College and the Leeds City Council library service, provided the location for a filming project about the history of the local area.

Upon discovering, from our Interwoven Histories exhibition, that the mill had employed workers from around the world in the 1960s, this was worked into the film by the students to increase accuracy and representation. 

The film went on to win awards at the Leeds Young Filmmakers ceremony, and has been screened at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills (and across the city) since.

[abbiebalkitis]

So, I like pretty things! Who doesn't? I love beautiful art and beautiful things in general; this will undoubtedly become apparent in time! Unfortunately, my own work isn't really focused on being aesthetically pleasing at the moment as I'm currently looking at the themes of death, trauma & memory.  Although the subjects can be portrayed in a beautiful manner and remain poignant it's difficult to make something so dark appealing and have recently become more interested in the idea of creating something unattractive and unnerving.

I think the last project I did where I could focus on trying to make my work beautiful was my first Studio project at University, in which we were tasked with creating a site specific piece for the Leeds based, Armley Mills Industrial Museum.