The John Gray Centre is continuing its collaboration with
illustrator Lucy Roscoe to bring stories our archive and local history to life.
Our Development Officer, Caroline Mathers attended an art fair in Edinburgh
with an idea for creating visual interpretations of our collections. Caroline
met Lucy and knew straight away that she as the artist for the job. Lucy’s
style compliments the historic nature of archive collections perfectly and her
love of all things paper really sealed the deal. One pot of tea later, The Illustrated
Archive was born. After a few days buried in our archive Lucy found something
she loved and produced 25 original illustrations based on entries from the Haddington
Criminal Record (1894-1901). The outcome was a fun and witty cartoon newspaper
bringing some of the characters from the register to life.
Not content with this, Lucy then decided to explore East
Lothian with her sketchbook, capturing some of her favourite scenes as she went
entwining them with stories she came across while researching our local history
resources. The result was a new piece of work called A Mark in time: An Illustrated Journey through East Lothian. This
is a beautiful representation of Lucy’s travels; from Haddington High Street to
Dunbar Harbour and the Strawberry pickers of Ormiston to Cockenzie Power
Station, Lucy has worked her magic, creating a beautiful set of illustrations
for us to enjoy in our new publication.
This has been a hugely successful collaboration and
highlights how imaginative and creative archive learning projects can be.
You can see The Illustrated Archive and illustrations from A
Mark in Time on our web site www.johngraycentre.org
If you would like a copy of the Illustrated Archive (free)
or A Mark in time (£10) please contact:
Caroline Mathers
John Gray Centre Development Officer
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