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Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Unit X: Manchester Cathedral Tour

Manchester Cathedral Tour

Monday 11th April 2016


As part of the Unit X project a series of trips are on offer to students which can provide them a range of opportunities for inspiration for their project. I chose the Cathedral visit because I intend to attend all of the trips I can; therefore I can have a range of information that I can gather together to produce an interesting concept.

We were provided a tour around the Manchester Cathedral talking about the archives which have kept records of services since the 1600s and significant events which have affected the cathedral. The cathedral is huge with a very high ceiling and amazing craftsmanship in the stone and wooden carvings.

I took several images around the cathedral and was told about the Photography competition that was taking place at the time. (http://www.manchestercathedral.org/news/336/the-capture-the-cathedral-photography-competition-is-now-open)













































I particularly liked the bust created by recycled hand guns to protest against crime, created by Karen Lyans. 
I also took the opportunity to light a candle in respect to the terrible attack in Brussels. 


 I enjoyed the visit and only time will tell if this has influenced my work later in the project. But either way I still feel it was an interesting tour full of history. 

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