AirSpace Gallery

With a plethora of history in these surrounding towns, part of this work explores the stories that transpired following the connections between Staffordshire’s popular occupational practice of mining and the habitual rituals that transpired during its time. Beliefs centred largely on negative omens that, if seen, would cause tragedy. One recurring is the belief that if a rat were seen then an accident would likely occur. These mischievous creatures came to be the centre of many tales, one being the case of stolen candles, thought to be the act of the Devil themselves, but only to be the act of devilish rats.