What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘stranger’?
Have you ever been a stranger?
What would you like to say to a stranger about Cornwall and your life?
Community groups and individuals from across Cornwall created numerous fabric panels that were brought together to create Story Shelter, a vast tent-like structure displayed at East Pool Mine in the Miner’s Dry throughout September 2024.
Bec worked with community groups over the course of six months with creative workshops taking place in local community spaces and National Trust properties across Cornwall. Meanwhile people were invited to decorate patches and panels at home using templates that were made available online.
Thank you to every person who contributed to the making of Story Shelter:
Groups and larger panels: Shallal, Curious School of The Wild, the Caradon Quilters, local community members hosted by Black Voices Cornwall, the Drym Valley Centre, Bobbins and Buttons home education group with Donna Squibb, St Petrocs Breadline Centre for homeless and vulnerably housed, Women’s Space and Creative Thursday group, Out of Sink synchronized environmentalist swimming group, Art for Well Being, Creative Yarns, Cornwall Pride – St Austell Pride’s Penguin Soup, Shaahin Ashoori, Toby Bridge, Meier Williams, South Hill Piecemakers, Progression Pathways from the Intercom Trust, NHS (EIP) mental health support group, National Trust volunteers and local residents at Highertown Farm and Lansallos campsite. Patches submitted by individuals: Jan Thomas, Deborah Maurice, Tamsin Titcomb, Sue Thomas, Ann Butland, Pam Tongue, Sue Dove, Rose Whitaker, Jo Mcintosh, Suzy Griffiths, Judith Whitehouse, June and Genevieve Applebee.
Lead Artist: Bec Applebee
Image Credits: Steve Haywood
‘Story Shelter’ is one of seventeen artworks produced for Hello Stranger, a Cornwall-wide community engagement programme created by Wildworks and supported by National Trust properties in Cornwall and the communities they serve.
Story Shelter is part of the Hello Stranger project led by Wildworks and is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
