All Locations
- 13 Easton Street, Easton, Portland DT5 1BS, UK
-
Website
https://www.whitestonesportland.com/
Ever had your portrait drawn?
Come and take a seat at Harald’s money changer’s table for a unique, pecuniary portrait.
“I ‘re-face’ actual banknotes – usually £5, maybe the odd £10 note – by transforming the heads printed on these (Churchill, Austen, the late Queen). Mimicking their graphic styles and colour schemes, I draw/engrave meticulous likenesses of visitors from and beyond Portland into the banknotes’ plastic surfaces. The sitter can ‘buy’ their portrait at the note’s face value, but it will now be much more valuable to them – enough to withdraw it from circulation.”
This will be the first public ‘re-facing’ of the new British plastic banknotes. Overall, albeit in tiny steps, ‘Face Value’ makes the nation’s currency represent its increasingly diverse population. How will it reflect the Isle of Portland?
Each such portrait takes 20 – 30 minutes to complete. This is a free service, but you will need to provide your own £5 or £10 note.
