✨ Treasure Hoard: The Iron Bridge at Ironbridge
In fact, this bridge is a kind of sacred thing - a first in material and imagination. Erected in 1779, it was the world’s first bridge built of iron.
Andy Marshall
Architectural Photographer in a time-travelling camper van. 📸🚐🏛️ Architecture, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture.
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✨ Treasure Hoard: The Room With a Yew at Crowhurst
I can't really remember the photography - the tree drew me in and for several minutes I felt like a puppet on strings with my camera in hand.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The striking font at St. Peulan's, Llanbeulan, Anglesey
The key work pattern echoes ancient Egypt and has been found in early Peruvian and Aztec cultures.
✨ Treasure Hoard: Ghost House Gable, Wirksworth
Later brickwork has enclosed the frame, preserving it like a fossil within its successor.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Art Nouveau Pulpit at Ripon Cathedral
Resting upon marble, it feels almost organic - as though it has grown from the cathedral floor and might continue growing.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Circular Nave at Temple Church London
This is not a building defined solely by dates and dimensions. It’s a sensory place - spatial, sonic, interstellar - a unique signature that leads to a spirit that is hard to define.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Repoussé work at The Black Friar Pub, London.
A living pub and total artwork, the Black Friar celebrates fellowship, craftsmanship, and the handmade poetry of the Edwardian age.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Pocket Font at Waltham Abbey
Convenience, it seems, did not begin with Amazon Prime. Medieval people also valued objects that could move, work efficiently and meet them where they were.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Sutherland Tapestry, Coventry Cathedral
Photographing the textile was unadulterated bliss - a process by which, at the end of it, I felt as though the tapestry had been woven into my mind through the lens of the camera.