The Pond at Upton PyneThe pond at Upton Pyne formed at the site of an eighteenth century manganese mine. Located on land owned by a local family who were involved in the mining venture, the first excavations began in March 1788. It was originally an open cast mine employing just a few men who worked with ladders, picks, shovels, horses and carts. The quality of the ore in the load was rich, and once refined it was shipped from Exeter Quay to London and Bristol, where it

Nothing Lasts Forever Is the first retrospective monograph of work by Peter Mitchell

it is endlessly varied

predominantly in the South West of the UK

but now lies in ruins

access and craft

either engulfed by shifting sands and waters or altered by human activities

landscape and seasonal changes across the official and unofficial growing spaces of the city

collective labour

and Belfast

as Wood acknowledges

feed and socialise as they prepare for the new day

the Yale Center for British Art