Merryn Thomas
@merrynthomas.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Exeter. Public engagement, environment, intergenerational, people-nature, arts-based research. Born@342ppm. Views my own.
Getting ready for Oystermouth primary school Christmas Fayre with some original paintings in upcycled frames. Saturday 29th Nov 2-4pm #Swansea #gower #affordableart
November 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Getting ready for Oystermouth primary school Christmas Fayre with some original paintings in upcycled frames. Saturday 29th Nov 2-4pm #Swansea #gower #affordableart
Found this on a #Gower #Swansea beach, very heavy. Any ideas anyone? Iron ore? Ballast? Slag from #PortTalbot #Steelworks? #geology #wales @tatasteeluk.bsky.social thanks #oystermouthlibrary for the research effort this avo!
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Found this on a #Gower #Swansea beach, very heavy. Any ideas anyone? Iron ore? Ballast? Slag from #PortTalbot #Steelworks? #geology #wales @tatasteeluk.bsky.social thanks #oystermouthlibrary for the research effort this avo!
Final spots left!
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🗣️ Share your views & shape community engagement
📍18+ near #Chacewater, #Redruth, #Lanner, #StDay #Threemilestone #Perranarworthal #Cornwall #events
📅 Mon 3 Nov (eve) or Tue 4 Nov (am)
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💷 £25 Love2Shop #voucher for taking part
🗣️ Share your views & shape community engagement
📍18+ near #Chacewater, #Redruth, #Lanner, #StDay #Threemilestone #Perranarworthal #Cornwall #events
📅 Mon 3 Nov (eve) or Tue 4 Nov (am)
👉 forms.office.com/e/iakutXY0GZ
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Final spots left!
💷 £25 Love2Shop #voucher for taking part
🗣️ Share your views & shape community engagement
📍18+ near #Chacewater, #Redruth, #Lanner, #StDay #Threemilestone #Perranarworthal #Cornwall #events
📅 Mon 3 Nov (eve) or Tue 4 Nov (am)
👉 forms.office.com/e/iakutXY0GZ
💷 £25 Love2Shop #voucher for taking part
🗣️ Share your views & shape community engagement
📍18+ near #Chacewater, #Redruth, #Lanner, #StDay #Threemilestone #Perranarworthal #Cornwall #events
📅 Mon 3 Nov (eve) or Tue 4 Nov (am)
👉 forms.office.com/e/iakutXY0GZ
New kid on the block. Jimmy the small cat 😺
September 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New kid on the block. Jimmy the small cat 😺
Clearing the mantelpiece for the @oystermouthpta school summer fayre on Saturday 7th June - selling paintings in upcycled frames, books, some jewellery for the @themumblesrnli and some tomato plants.. 10am - 12pm followed by the fabulous #mumblesfest at the castle #mumbles #swansea
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Clearing the mantelpiece for the @oystermouthpta school summer fayre on Saturday 7th June - selling paintings in upcycled frames, books, some jewellery for the @themumblesrnli and some tomato plants.. 10am - 12pm followed by the fabulous #mumblesfest at the castle #mumbles #swansea
Not much time for science engagement today? Try the ONE MINUTE MELON! A quick and easy hook to get children interested in the concept of underground thermal energy storage 🍈🌡️🌍 (or the wonders of Planet Earth in general)
May 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Not much time for science engagement today? Try the ONE MINUTE MELON! A quick and easy hook to get children interested in the concept of underground thermal energy storage 🍈🌡️🌍 (or the wonders of Planet Earth in general)
Looking forward to presenting about public engagement with underground thermal energy storage (the #PUSH-IT project) at the #ExeterClimateForum 2nd-4th July. Register at exeterclimateforum.com. With @exeter.ac.uk @metoffice.bsky.social @isoutar.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Looking forward to presenting about public engagement with underground thermal energy storage (the #PUSH-IT project) at the #ExeterClimateForum 2nd-4th July. Register at exeterclimateforum.com. With @exeter.ac.uk @metoffice.bsky.social @isoutar.bsky.social
A slightly overdue random assortment including a lesson from the lovely book Pastel Painting Step by Step by Evans et al., and a fabulous weekend learning from Mark Warner at #ChapelCottageStudio
April 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A slightly overdue random assortment including a lesson from the lovely book Pastel Painting Step by Step by Evans et al., and a fabulous weekend learning from Mark Warner at #ChapelCottageStudio
Just finished this👇.. It's SO GOOD @beckybarnicoat.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Just finished this👇.. It's SO GOOD @beckybarnicoat.bsky.social
Springtime is here! That means it's time to launch the Climate Comic Activity Book at Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament next week with the wonderful @laurasorvala.bsky.social, @lonelydeb.bsky.social, and @delythjewell.bsky.social. Can't wait!!
March 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Springtime is here! That means it's time to launch the Climate Comic Activity Book at Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament next week with the wonderful @laurasorvala.bsky.social, @lonelydeb.bsky.social, and @delythjewell.bsky.social. Can't wait!!
Hitting my 3-year backlog of photo editing - starting with these two from October '24 #visitswansea #SouthWales #aurora #Northernlights
March 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hitting my 3-year backlog of photo editing - starting with these two from October '24 #visitswansea #SouthWales #aurora #Northernlights
How great are these #energy #detournements of #Swansea Bay? Coal, wind, yellow dogs, biophillia, solar trees, underground thermal energy storage... and sunshine! #undergraduate #psychogeography #geography
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
How great are these #energy #detournements of #Swansea Bay? Coal, wind, yellow dogs, biophillia, solar trees, underground thermal energy storage... and sunshine! #undergraduate #psychogeography #geography
March 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This week, I have been mostly playing with pastels (#23)
February 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This week, I have been mostly playing with pastels (#23)
Week #22: rest of the week's offerings are not much to write home about but I did enjoy The #Landscape #Psychogeographer course with artist #GregHumphries - my attempt at a detournement of St. Ives 🎨
February 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Week #22: rest of the week's offerings are not much to write home about but I did enjoy The #Landscape #Psychogeographer course with artist #GregHumphries - my attempt at a detournement of St. Ives 🎨
Freddy's balloon wins!
January 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Freddy's balloon wins!
#kitchenscience: which one's going to be warmest when we get back from the shops?
January 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#kitchenscience: which one's going to be warmest when we get back from the shops?
Week #21, a wonderful short course with #BethMarsden painting without brushes
January 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Week #21, a wonderful short course with #BethMarsden painting without brushes
Week #20, half way through a #psychogeography short course so lots of drawing while walking, and a blustery after-school on #Rotherslade
January 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Week #20, half way through a #psychogeography short course so lots of drawing while walking, and a blustery after-school on #Rotherslade
Week #19: four lunchtime cliff walks, two memories of the Old Quay path and an Old Grimsby #Tresco #Scilly #Gower #St.Martin's
January 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Week #19: four lunchtime cliff walks, two memories of the Old Quay path and an Old Grimsby #Tresco #Scilly #Gower #St.Martin's
A bit behind - weeks #17 and #18 were Christmas on Scilly in the sketchbook
January 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A bit behind - weeks #17 and #18 were Christmas on Scilly in the sketchbook
The fabulous @laurasorvala.bsky.social has been collaborating with us, along with care homes and schools, on the www.climatecomic.co.uk Activity Book ✏️. Here's a sneak peek of this #intergenerational, #co-creative, #bilingual #climatechange project. We can’t wait to launch it in 2025! 🌍📚
December 16, 2024 at 9:50 AM
The fabulous @laurasorvala.bsky.social has been collaborating with us, along with care homes and schools, on the www.climatecomic.co.uk Activity Book ✏️. Here's a sneak peek of this #intergenerational, #co-creative, #bilingual #climatechange project. We can’t wait to launch it in 2025! 🌍📚
Week #16 not much arty time this week so painting the wrapping paper instead
December 15, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Week #16 not much arty time this week so painting the wrapping paper instead