Manchester 19th Century Housing

After visiting the Visual Resources centre i knew that it was a must that i go back and rummage through the slides myself to see what i came across. By doing this i ended up riffling through the section 'Manchester 19th century - Housing'. Some of the housing slides were beautiful, i picked out a few and John scanned them in and sent them to me so i could document them in my sketchbook. Just seeing the photos from the time, the crumbling exterior of the houses made it all real again, people actually had lives within these homes all htose years ago.

It made me think about creating an almost 'fictional' project, i want to create a story of either a worker of Hotspur, or the mill owners. Almost 'fake' follow/create a life for people, based on real investigation. So i have booked to go down to London next week in order to visit this Victorian house 'Southside House'. My friend documented it in one of her a levels. Its a house in Wimbledon that has simply been left, and looked after from the Victorian Era. Its grand and ornate, i think (without predicitng which way i will  be heading) it may become the house in which my 'Mill owners' will own and live in. I hopefully will get inspired from decor, interiors, colours and furniture, and therefore be able to move forward away from my research and into a more textile based way of working. the technique of Devore i think may be on the cards.