#shellgrotto

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The Shell Grotto, Margate (swipe for more). First mentioned in a newspaper report of 1838, previously unknown, discovered under a suburban house on a back street, with only anecdote and rumour to suggest who built it and why. A Victorian folly? A Mithraic temple? A Templar bolt-hole? A Margate branch of the Hellfire Club? Whatever the explanation, a fantastically strange, otherworldly place. #shellgrotto #margate #folly #temple #grotto #shellmosaic #subterranean #thanet #kent #archaeology #localhistory #psychogeography #myth #folklore #hiddenstructures #subterraneanbritain

Interaction with the model and final model images highlighting the overall structure, lighting and use of material and texture.

THE SHELTER. Made to cater depression and anxiety.

Step 3. Made the base for the model with soft velvet fabric this was stitched into a bun like shape to stuff it with hay. Step 4. Heating blankets used for first-aid purposes was utilised to cover the exterior walls on the structure. Challenges- After stitching half the structure a problem was encountered while trying to hang the structure from the scaffolding structure. Since the tubes were filled with hay they were too heavy to be hung and a design decision had to be made to make the structure possible.

Step 2. Filling the tubes with hay and then stitching each individual tube together to form the structure.

Step 1. Stitching all individual tubes and preparing to fill them up with hay.