Acrylic on Canvas.
A century of fire, silenced.Thousands of jobs, gone.The furnaces that built Wales stand cold,their legacy written in loss and steel.
Inspired by the 2024 closure of Port Talbot’s blast furnaces — the end of Welsh steelmaking as it was known.
The Final Glow
One day it roared, alive with flame,a monument built on labour and name.Its fire lit valleys, its thunder was pride,a heartbeat of steel no one denied.
The next day fell silent, the giant struck low,its body now ash, its spirit let go.From blazing alive to lifeless and cold,an ending too sudden, a story retold.
No fire will wake it, no hammering sound,just echoes of footsteps on desolate ground.From blazing alive to cold, hollow, and still,the furnace lies silent — its voice never will.
