The Bromyard Bushel is a cast metal pot that Bromyard used as a form of measurement for agricultural goods. The Bushel (dated 1670) would have been an important way of standardising transactions between local merchants then.

The Bushel itself is an intriguing piece of work. Text and decoration wrap around its circumference. It is unique, handmade, and utilises letter variants more commonly seen in the Roman alphabet, such as a “V” for a “U” and an “I” for a “J”. Each letter was hand placed before being cast. 

Collaboration with local school

Provided with a set of words (in the decorative style of the Bushel), the year 7 & 8 students at Queen Elizabeth High School arranged the words to form
their own writings based on their own in-town experiences. The piece you see here is a collection of their work.

Language has evolved over the years as life has too. This artwork uses the voices of Bromyard residents today using the decorative artwork style seen in the Bromyard Bushel from 1670. Letterforms using unique type (such as the reverse “D” or the Roman Alphabet) and letterforms not found on the Bushel are coloured in yellow.