It was great to see a packed house in early April at the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, for a talk on medical care and nursing in World War One. The talk was inspired by our volunteer Valerie Grigg who has contributed such a lot to our exhibition on Cornwall during the war years. Heart of Conflict […]
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Great to visit the Masbro Centre in Hammersmith, London,today and see work done at our embroidery sessions on display. Katrina, who led workshops, is here pictured with people’s work – and their stories. Huge thanks to Katrina for doing such a wonderful job – and to Martha Romero who helped to organise the sessions.
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Great to visit the V&A Museum today with our embroidery group from the Masbro Centre, Hammersmith. We went to see Opus Anglicanum – an exhibition showcasing English embroidery from the early Middle Ages. Our volunteer Katrina Williams has been working hard at the Masbro Centre with the group on various designs over the past months. […]
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Cornish skateboarder Max Whetter – who was flipping burgers at the time to finance his art – won the 2016 Whatever It Takes competition. His design featured a tower of burgers, buns and relish reflecting his life in the kitchen. Max, aged 27 at the time, was born in Truro and now lives in Newquay. […]
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Heart of Conflict, our exhibition on World War One in Cornwall, is open now at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro. It was great to see so many old – and new – friends at the opening. The exhibition will run until the end of June 2017. It is wonderful to have so many stories and objects […]
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Hannah Wright, a photographer based in Truro, Cornwall, has taken a fantastic photogallery of the National Explosives Factory, Hayle, for Heart of Conflict. At its peak in World War One, the factory was one of the largest in the country and employed 1,800 people. Now all that remains are sand dunes, scarred with banks and bunkers. Huts producing […]
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