SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY : An Alphabet of Haverfordwest

This idea arose between two artists engaged in thinking about how to improve life in our town of Haverford. One, Richard Blacklaw-Jones, is obsessed with making “better use of what we’ve got“ – the physical things of the town, its signs, the street furniture, the typography of the business signs and so on. The other, Heidi Baker, an experienced and successful graphic designer and founder of Popty Press, passionate about traditional handmade printmaking techniques. Around them they saw opportunities. Firstly they took prints of some of Haverford’s opercula. What’s that we hear you chorus? An operculum is the thing that closes a hole, usually in the floor. So in the context of our project it could be a drain cover, a coal hole cover and so on. Usually made of cast iron and often quite decorative. Keep your eyes down while walking the streets of Haverfordwest and you’ll see what we mean…