VisionFountain

Working with Cardiff Metropolitan University

in 3-d, 3D, Heritage Lottery Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Miners, museum, Photogrammetry, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park

Vision Fountain have had the good fortune to work with Cardiff Metropolitan University on our current project “Last Generation of Coalminers” (currently exhibiting at Rhondda Heritage Park, next Museum of […]

Coal Mining in The Metaverse

in 3D, Educators in VR, museum, Outreach, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park, School, Virtual Reality, VR, VR for education, Welsh Government, Winter of Wellbeing

For the past five months Vision Fountain have been working on an exciting project with Rhondda Heritage Park / Rhondda Cynon Taff Council : a virtual mining experience aimed at […]

School Visit to Last Voices of the Rhondda

in 3-d portrait, 3D, 3D portrait, Audio Visual Education, coal, Community Interest Company, Exhibition, Film, Gallery, Heritage Lottery Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, museum, Photogrammetry, Recording Oral History, Uncategorised

We had a lovely day in Rhondda Heritage Park with the the children from Hafod Primary School that took part in the Last Voices of the Rhondda project. The children, […]

Recordings from the Afan Valley

in Afan Valley, Heritage Lottery Fund, interviews, Miners, museum, National Museuem Wales, Oral History, Outreach, South Wales Miners Museum

We’ve started making recordings and 3D portraits of ex-coalminers from the Afan Valley, north of PortTalbot, for the Heritage Funded project, Kings of the Underground exhibition that will appear in […]

Exhibition Opening; “Last Voices of The Rhondda”

in 3-d portrait, 3-d Render, 3D, Audio Visual Education, Community Workshop, Education, Exhibition, Gallery, Heritage Lottery Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Photogrammetry, Rhondda Heritage Park, School, Uncategorised

Last Voices of the Rhondda opened at Rhondda Heritage Park 22nd Feb 2022. We were able to invite most of the miners and other members of the community who took […]

3D Portraiture & Photogrammetry

in 3D, 3D portrait, Big Pit, Community Workshop, Heritage Lottery Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Photogrammetry, Rhondda Heritage Park

An important part of the over-all project is to ensure that as wide a range of people as possible are engaged with their community’s heritage. To enable and heighten engagement […]

Heritage with ACE Cardiff

in Amgueddfa Cymru, Benjamin Price, Big Pit, Carboniferous, fossils, Heritage Lottery Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, National Museuem Wales, Participation and Interpretation Officer

The Last Generation of Coal miners project is working alongside ACE Cardiff’s Learning Club. ACE have w been supporting young people in the Butetown and Grangetown areas of Cardiff for […]

Heritage Workshops

in coal, Community Workshop, Education, Heritage Lottry Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Miners, Outreach, Rhondda Heritage Park, School

An intergral part of the project, in addition to capturing the oral history and 3D portraits, is the the outreach with schools and youth groups. We worked with outreach officers […]

Recording Oral Histories

in Community Project, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Oral History, Recording Oral History, Rhondda Heritage Park, voice recordings

Recording Oral Histories of Rhondda Miners

3D Portraits of Miners

in 3D, coal, Community Workshop, Exhibition, Heritage Lottery Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Photogrammetry, Portraiture, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park

Through out September, October and November, with the help of our partners, we contacted ex-miners and some miners’ wives, from the Rhondda valley area. Katherin Lewis, the outrach officer from […]

Immersive Storytelling