Annie Lord:
Sketching in Stone - artist's talk
15 September 2025, 19:00 – 20:00
The Straw Yard, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Join artist Annie Lord for a talk about her community-based 2024 project, Sketching in Stone, part of Berwick Heritage Open Days. Hear about her archive research and learn about how she created watercolour paints from the same local sandstone used to repair the bridge.
As part of the Berwick Bridge 400 celebrations, Annie found inspiration from the original, hand-scribed account books from the bridge’s construction in the 17th century. She got to know the names of the workers - from the women who sanded the stone surfaces, to the masons and surveyors. She created a set of 45 sandstone paints, each one named after a worker listed in the Berwick Bridge account books of the week beginning 25th September 1624.
These were given out to members of the local community who each made an artwork in honour of these original workers. At this talk Annie will share her thought processes behind the project and bring along some of the sandstone paint to try.
This talk compliments the exhibition, A Trio of Bridges, in the same location on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September. This will include the artworks created by the local community.
"There is potency in handmade materials. As an artist, to know the source of your ink, charcoal, or paint, suffuses them with new meaning."
Read more from Annie Lord in her Residency Reflections in the Connecting Threads journal.
Location
The Straw Yard, Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1DF
Access
Disabled parking is available in the Parade carpark.
Berwick Heritage Open Days
This event is part of Berwick Heritage Open Days. Visit their website for more information and events.
