Illustrating Wednesbury

Artist Claire Leggett engaged local community groups and residents, artists and students at Sandwell College in a series of online illustration workshops, designed to guide participants towards producing illustrations of historical buildings and objects that are manufactured locally or are culturally significant. Claire produced some of her own illustrations too.

The participants were guided to use watercolour wash over an inked drawing in order to bring a coherence to the collective work for the We are Wednesbury map. The community groups and residents had an evident love and pride for their local environment and this shone through their artwork.

A film showing participants’ illustrations.

Illustrations from Adult Workshops

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  • 1 Union Square, Wednesbury © Emma Lawley
  • Clock Tower, Wednesbury © David Wheately
  • Tiles in the Horse and Jockey pub, Wednesbury © Claire Leggett
  • Horse & Jockey pub, Wednesbury © Elaine Copson
  • John Russell steel tubes © Claire Legget
  • St Bartholomew's, Wednesbury © Jan Hurp
  • Talbot House, Wednesbury © Emma Lawson
  • Wednesbury Art Gallery © Emma Lawley
Speed drawing by Claire Leggett

Illustrations by Sandwell College Students

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  • Wednesbury Library © Hamdi Ibrahim
  • 1 Union Square, Wednesbury © Selamawit Dawit
  • 1 Union Square, Wednesbury © Yakuba Bakheryohoho
  • 12a-13 Market Place, Wednesbury © Jay Langston
  • 15 Market Place, Wednesbury © Amy Bowler
  • 16 Market Place, Wednesbury © Wioleta Wloch
  • 16 Market Place, Wednesbury © Jade Johnson
  • 16 Market Place, Wednesbury © Zainab Barzenji
  • 34-37 Lower High Street, Wednesbury © Brandon Yau
  • The Bellwether Pub, Wednesbury © Etsubdink Tegegn
  • The Bellwether Pub, Wednesbury © Mariyamu Kanteh
  • Clock Tower, Wednesbury © Lucas Black
  • Gaumont Cinema, Wednesbury © Alex Tsochan
  • Gaumont Cinema, Wednesbury. © Leonard Adams
  • Wednesbury Library © Daisy Gnonto
  • Talbot House, Wednesbury © Henna Khan
  • Talbot House, Wednesbury © Saskia Robertson
  • Talbot House, Wednesbury_ © Osahon
  • The Bellwether pub, Wednesbury © TammyLeeDrinkwater
  • The Bellwethe pub, Wednesbury © Anonymous
  • The Clock Tower, Wednesbury © Chrystal Shaw
  • Wednesbury Library © Danyal Ahmed
  • Wednesbury Library © Libasse Fall
  • Wednesbury Library © Paris Lawrence
  • Wednesbury Library © Gugandeep Sandhu
  • Talbot House, Wednesbury © Barbara
  • Gaumont Cinema, Wednesbury © Kydease
  • 15 Market Place © Laura Jordan