Further Links

Japanware website
Contains useful information about Japanware in Pontypool, Usk and the Midlands. Contains a photogallery of Japanware items.

Gathering the Jewels
A website for Welsh Cultural History. Includes images and documents relating to Japanware.

Pontypool - A town rediscovering itself.
Local website that includes information about the history of Pontypool, Japanware and the iron and coal industry.

Japanning
Information about the development of Japanning in the Midlands as well as useful information about the Japanning process.

Pontypool Glyn Pits
The remains of the Glyn Pits are situated just outside Pontypool.This is a very informative website detailing the history of the Glyn Pits, the origins of coal and the early ways of mining it.

Art in Torfaen
Information about art and history workshops as well as various outreach activities provided by Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre and Pontypool Museum.

Other Tutorials