Saturday 11 April

11:30 – 13:30

£5.00

Using Kim Nortons work on Coed Craig Ruperra Woodland, a recovering broadleaf site between Caerphilly, Cardiff and Newport, as a starting point, Kim and Alan will also discuss Alan’s role at Fforest Fawr UNESCO Global Geopark within the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (formerly the Brecon Beacons) in South Wales.

Trained as an earth scientist, Alan worked in nature conservation and countryside access across northern England before moving to South Wales 19 years ago to help develop the Fforest Fawr Geopark with the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. Engaging both artists and scientists, he draws on interests in history, language and mapping to explore landscape histories, often focusing on ‘deep time’ and the impact of human activity. Once a keen rock climber and caver, he now spends his time tracking down obscure industrial archaeology across the borderlands of industrial and agricultural Wales.