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p2. NEWSTEAD ABBY

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We went on a trip to Newstead Abby to give us inspiration for our next project where we have to create a piece to go into the Abby. Newstead Abby is best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron and was a former monastery which then became a private home after Henry VIII closed down the monasteries. The wealth came from exploitation & other countries via the slave trade. During this trip I was particularly interested in the statues placed round the Abby. Statues were a key interest during my first topic & I originally wanted to carry this on. I took many pictures of the statues I saw with the idea of creating my own out of clay. This was one of many ideas I had gathered during the walk round the Abby. Another thing I took interest in was the small trinket boxes on display as they had beautifully carved patterns in them that looked like foliage or swirls. Some of these were made out of wood so I thought about making my own box & then burn patterns into it using a wood burni...
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