Iron age character illustrations

Client

Aberystwyth University

Project Background

These iron-age character illustrations were part of a larger project. I was commissioned by the University of Aberystwyth to create a series of eight characters that showcase iron-age activities.

Following extensive research into the specific activities, studying how they may have been carried out at the time, I illustrated eight iron-age figures doing the following activities:

Weaving
Metal work
Farming
Cooking
Splitting wood
Carpentry
Pottery
House building

The images showcase the community that people in Britain may have formed at the time such as communal cooking and building mud houses as a family together. Read the captions to give more insight into the activities.

These illustrations are accessible to all Welsh schools via the Hwb framework.