Last week, two images of the batch at Paulton were chosen by a panel of judges to become new postcards for the local area.
Over forty entries of stunning photographs and beautiful artworks of Old Mills Colliery batch were received by Radstock Museum in a competition to find a new image to represent our mining heritage here in Somerset. This historic landmark is one of just a handful of visible reminders that the Somerset Coalfield ever existed.
The winning entires were chosen by Will Nicol and Anna Barclay, local professional photographers, and Miranda Litchfield, Art Graduate and Museum Development Coordinator, (following local artist, Roger Jones, withdrawing from the judging panel due to unforseen circumstances on the day of judging). The images were chosen on the basis that they were the most striking for the purpose of postcards. Other entries were considered in equally high regard, but were thought to be less suitable as postcards.
The winners have been contacted and will be invited to the museum to receive a framed copy of their postcard and to enjoy the museum’s new item on the menu; a delicious clotted cream tea. Photographs of the winners and their images will be taken at the presentation and in due course, will be published in The Journal and be available to see at: www.radstockmuseum.co.uk and via the museum’s Facebook page.
Copies of all the entries are now on display in a striking
exhibition, which will remain throughout the summer in the upstairs gallery of the museum. You can request a copy of your favorite image from the exhibition while you wait for it to be printed – to take away for a small charge. The images chosen to become postcards are currently being printed, and will be available to buy in the museum shop shortly. The museum shop and café is open to non-museum visitors.
Lastly, the museum would like to warmly thank all those who entered the competition. The entries are all fantastic and it is greatly appreciated that many of the artists have spent a considerable amount of time painting or drawing this iconic landmark. Original images can now be collected from the museum; ideally ring first on: 01761 437722 and give your name so that your entry can be ready for you on arrival at reception.
Lucy Tudor