More of the Designs for the Enamelled Plaques

 These are more of the designs and how I came to choose them. 

4)The Ceramics Industry - To me bottle kilns symbolise the industrial revolution and the processes involved in creating ceramic wares.

5)I think I will save showing of this design in detail and explaining how it relates to the Guild Hall for a later post.

6)The Wool Trade - This colourful image aims to show the transformation of woollen fleece by spinning, in this case using a drop spindle, then dyed before being woven into cloth.

The Designs for the Enamelled Plaques 

The next thing I needed to do was to find a way to illustrate each of the aspects of the history of Worcester I had chosen, using a simple motif. Here are the first three designs.

1) Castle & Hive - The design of the plaque on the large central disc will show both the old and the new, with a three turreted castle an historic emblem of Worcester and beneath like a reflection The Hive.

2)The Civil War - I chose the two iconic and very different forms of headgear worn by the opposing sides.

3)Glove-making - Between 1790 and 1820 nearly half of all glovers were based in and around Worcester. At this high point in glove making, 150 manufacturers employed over 30,000 people from City and surrounding areas.