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Help us create a new mosaic for our children’s chapel
In 2019 we created a beautiful mosaic for our Miners Chapel at Clowne Parish Church. This year, we intend to create another mosaic, working with the same artist, Coralie Turpin, for the other side chapel at our church, popularly known as the Children’s Chapel as it has a stained glass window of the Christ child. We are running two free workshops for all ages to help us create a Noah’s ark design mosaic for the altar in the chapel. These…
New Community Mining Mosaic now installed in our Miners Chapel
Last weekend we held a very successful Mining Festival – hopefully the first of many. The star of the show was our newly installed mosaic in our Miners Chapel. Watch a video with images of how the mosaic was made along with an interview Rev’d Bryony gave on BBC Radio Sheffield on Sunday 23rd June 2019: Interview by Sarah Major on BBC Radio Sheffield Photos by SophieMarplesPhotography & Bryony Taylor Project Managed by Junction Arts Mosaic Designed by Coralie Turpin Thomson Artist Project funded by…
Community mining mosaic brings hidden stories of Clowne to light
An inter-generational group of people have come together at Clowne Parish Church to create a new mosaic as tribute to the mining heritage of Clowne and the surrounding area. Clowne Miners Chapel (inside the church) has not been used for many years. Most residents of Clowne have a connection with mining in their families and Rector Bryony Taylor wanted to involve as many local people as possible in the refurbishment of the space to make it a fitting memorial to…
Help us to create Clowne Mining Mosaic – come to a workshop
As you know, we have been successful in our bid to Tesco Bags of Help to create our mosaic for the Miners Chapel at St John the Baptist, Clowne. We are working with artist Coralie Turpin and Junction Arts to create a mosaic to go on the front of the altar in our restored Miners Chapel for future generations to enjoy and celebrate our mining heritage. We are running a series of workshops at church to create the mosaic, all…
St John’s bags £2000 from Tesco’s community grant scheme for its Mining Mosaic Project
We are delighted to announce that we have bagged £2000 from Tesco’s Bags of Help community grant scheme! Millions of shoppers have voted in Tesco stores up and down the country and it can now be revealed Clowne Parish Church PCC has been awarded £2000. Work will now begin on bringing the project to life. Clowne Miners Chapel has not been used for many years. Most residents of Clowne have a connection with mining in their families and we want…