Hyde Abbey – Contemporary Tour Storyboards

The storyboards below were created for the contemporary tour requested by David Spurling, Hyde 900 in which people visiting the site would be able to use QR points/signs at certain locations and find out more about the Hyde Abbey site, the significance of the abbey site, the dissolution and consequent re-use of the Abbey’s stones […]

HLF Project of Hyde Abbey – Digital Media & Hyde 900

Digital Media at the University of Winchester was invited to work with Hyde 900 to create heritage content including rebuilding a virtual 3D abbey based on archaeological findings, geological information, artistic impressions and research to discover typical architectural details for Benedictine abbeys in the 1100s when Hyde Abbey was founded. Hyde 900 is a community […]

Hyde 900 Annual Exhibitions

The Digital Media students and myself were involved in creating exhibits and images for banners regarding the proposed HLF funded project in bringing Hyde Abbey and King Alfred to life. One of the projects was to research how the stone was brought to Winchester, where from and the type of stone used. I worked with […]

Hyde Abbey – Whistle Stones

Whistle Stones can be seen re-used in walls around Hyde. These are stones, shaped like a whistle, that help to tie columns into the abbey walls. The two videos below are short 3D animations to demonstrate how they ‘slot’ together. These were constructed for Hyde 900 as part of their annual October events, open to […]

MPhil/PhD Upgrade

Tuesday 8th July 2014, 11am, Master’s Lodge Meeting Room – Debs Wilson, Upgrade Viva ‘Curator, Designer and Visitor Interaction in Cultural Heritage Interpretation Design’ Chair – Dr Fran Mason External – Dr Simon Roffey 1st Supervisor – Professor David Birks 2nd Supervisor – Dr Mark Lowman Welcome. Structure of Presentation: Explanation of ‘The Talking Walls – A Reflection of Practice’ online […]

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Welcome to the first of a list of retrospective posts covering approximately 20 years of intermittent development of the concept behind the The Talking Walls; a rich visual interpretation of the architectural time-slices of a cultural heritage site. As a visitor to many architectural heritage sites, I found historical information considerably lacking in my areas […]