{"title":"Shrine of the Tellurists","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeries of drawings from the speculative architectural project Shrine of the Tellurists.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shrine-of-the-tellurists-isometric","title":"Shrine of the Tellurists - isometric","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIsometric drawing, pen and pencil on yellow trace paper. The drawing is from the speculative architectural project 'Shrine of the Tellurists'. Original dimensions: 850mm x 750mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExhibited at the 2025 Royal Academy Summer Show.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAre DIY politics a valid architectural strategy for a future warmer world?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe project imagines and anticipates a world in which our dependence on sprawling global supply chains has lessened, signalling a return to a more seasonal way of life. The project is a retelling of a village blacksmiths and a union pub where a new DIY identity can be formed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe employment of a solar furnace is the literal and figurative hearth of the project. While the casting output may be initially frustrating, the convenience of our power supplies that the west has enjoyed over the last 50 years is a luxury that is costing us a habitable planet. While convenience may be obviated in the mass adoption of such technology for heating purposes, a nostalgic reverence for earth's natural cycles may resurface as smithing would be eagerly anticipated like a late summer harvest or the return of migratory birds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis aims to create fertile ground from which healthier social structures can emerge, the belief being that first we must heal our relationships with each other before we can meaningfully fix our relationship with the earth. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe print is landscape and at either A3 or A4 on 165gsm matt paper. it will arrive unframed in a post tube.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":50500705616088,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":50500496851160,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0755\/3846\/4984\/files\/ShrineoftheTelluristsisometric02.png?v=1749186743"},{"product_id":"shrine-of-the-tellurists-section-a","title":"Shrine of the Tellurists - section A","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSection drawing, pen and pencil on yellow trace paper. The drawing is from the speculative architectural project 'Shrine of the Tellurists'. Original dimensions: 125cm x 53cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe hulking mass of ruined commercial architecture watches over the transition back to simpler rhythms of life as metal smithing becomes seasonal and eagerly anticipated as winter turns to summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe print is landscape and at either A3 or A4 on 165gsm matt paper. It will arrive unframed in a post tube. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":50500797890776,"sku":"","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":50500797858008,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0755\/3846\/4984\/files\/SectionA02_66d39b1e-31b3-4449-97e7-0dcc6502c419.png?v=1749218129"},{"product_id":"shrine-of-the-tellurists-section-b","title":"Shrine of the Tellurists - section B","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSection drawing, pen and pencil on yellow trace paper. The drawing is from the speculative architectural project 'Shrine of the Tellurists'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHeliostat at the center, a classroom and the pub to either side, this section shows the more mundane programmatic elements at work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe print is landscape and at either A3 or A4 on 165gsm matt paper. 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