Last week we were delighted to welcome some of the withy pot making community to join us for the opening of the Withy Lore exhibition in Helston. Weaving their way through the treasure trove of objects from years gone by to reach the exhibition space at the back of the museum, makers found themselves reunited […]
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Withy Lore exhibition goes on tour
Last week we finally got around to looking through all the feedback crabs which visitors to the Withy Lore exhibition posted in a withy pot when it was at the Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery. Hundreds of crabs were posted and we were so touched to hear how much people of all ages enjoyed it. […]
Withy Lore Exhibition
Our immersive new Withy Lore exhibition explores the critically endangered craft of withy pot making, celebrating the community of makers past and present and preserving its heritage for the future. Open until the 30th June 2025 at the newly renovated Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery in Truro, the exhibition gives visitors a chance to plunge […]
Finding new ways to showcase stories
At Storylines we’re always exploring new ways to showcase stories creatively. For the Withy Lore project this saw us sharing extracts from the project’s oral histories through both a listening station and series of collaged stories. Using found imagery and old postcards, these collages illustrate sections of the stories we heard, presenting them as open […]
Weaving and words for all ages
A Withy Lore Family Day in March saw us back to the Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery for more stories and creativity. Through a series of different activities people of all ages were able to explore the Withy Lore exhibition through weaving, words and creativity. It was lovely to have so many generations weaving together […]
A heartwarming event at County Hall
You may remember last year we received funding from the Cornwall Council’s Community Capacity Fund; part of the Good Growth Programme, to carry out a feasibility study to inform a new project about the unsung work of women. We were one of 144 community- based organisations that have received funding from this pot, which was […]
Withy Lore exhibition launches
Wow what a fantastic evening we had at the Withy Lore exhibition launch at the Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery. Arranged to coincide with the reopening of the entire museum, over 550 people came along to celebrate Cornwall’s rich heritage, art and stories. Most importantly for us was that so many of the withy pot […]
Final preparations for the Withy Lore exhibition
The past few weeks we’ve been up at the newly renamed Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery installing the Withy Lore exhibition with the talented artist Anna Pope. This is an exciting opportunity for us to showcase the artwork, films and audio stories we’ve been producing this past year. As days pass, our visions of net […]
Withy Pot Barnacles in Penberth Cove
For the past 2 winters withy pot makers have been weaving ‘withy pot’ barnacles to contribute to a growing installation for the Withy Lore project. This began last year with a gathering of makers and young people at the museum. We’ve since been delighted to receive ‘barnacles’ from withy pot maker from around the South-West. […]
Unsung stories of women’s work
For quite some time Storylines has been wanting to explore the unsung stories of women’s work that have gone largely unshared across the generations. A project like this would shed light on the pivotal role that women played in homes, livelihoods, and communities. To set this in motion we needed to identify where this would […]
