GWELEN Emma Smith with Storylines

This is Connie’s story. Connie grew up in Penzance and can be found most days collecting plastic along the shoreline in Mount’s Bay. Connie volunteers for British Divers Marine Life Rescue and the Marine Stranding Network.

GWELEN SHORT STORIES accompany the interpretation panels installed along the Penzance – Marazion coastal path as part of the artwork Gwelen. Gwelen is an artwork by Artist Emma Smith with residents of West Penwith. The interpretation panels and accompanying audio have been created in collaboration with design studio TWO and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways.

For more information please visit:

https://newlynartgallery.co.uk/gwelen

https://emma-smith.com

https://twodesign.co.uk

https://www.storylines.org.uk

This is James’ story. James was born in Newlyn and spent his childhood in and under the water in Mount’s Bay. Learning to dive with the Penzance Sub Aqua Club in the 1960s, he was one of the earliest to dive in the bay.

GWELEN SHORT STORIES accompany the interpretation panels installed along the Penzance – Marazion coastal path as part of the artwork Gwelen. Gwelen is an artwork by Artist Emma Smith with residents of West Penwith. The interpretation panels and accompanying audio have been created in collaboration with design studio TWO and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways.

For more information please visit:

https://newlynartgallery.co.uk/gwelen

https://emma-smith.com

https://twodesign.co.uk

https://www.storylines.org.uk

This is Rachel’s story. Rachel is a local forager who shares her passion through guided walks and books.

GWELEN SHORT STORIES accompany the interpretation panels installed along the Penzance – Marazion coastal path as part of the artwork Gwelen. Gwelen is an artwork by Artist Emma Smith with residents of West Penwith. The interpretation panels and accompanying audio have been created in collaboration with design studio TWO and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways.

For more information please visit:

https://newlynartgallery.co.uk/gwelen

https://emma-smith.com

https://twodesign.co.uk

https://www.storylines.org.uk

This is Stephen’s story. His family have lived and worked on St Michael’s Mount for over twelve generations. Once a thriving commercial village and centre for trade, his family members have worked in a wide range of industries.

GWELEN SHORT STORIES accompany the interpretation panels installed along the Penzance – Marazion coastal path as part of the artwork Gwelen. Gwelen is an artwork by Artist Emma Smith with residents of West Penwith. The interpretation panels and accompanying audio have been created in collaboration with design studio TWO and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways.

For more information please visit:

https://newlynartgallery.co.uk/gwelen

https://emma-smith.com

https://twodesign.co.uk

https://www.storylines.org.uk

listeners on a journey along Mount’s Bay Coastal Path. Travel between the sculptures as artist Emma Smith introduces the artwork and local residents share their experience and knowledge of this extraordinary landscape.

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Sound design by Ciaran Clarke.

For more information please visit:

https://newlynartgallery.co.uk/gwelen

https://emma-smith.com

https://www.storylines.org.uk

In this episode artist Emma Smith is joined by Anna Berska, Senior Guide at St Michael’s Mount, Anna Renton, Director of Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Jo Esra, Maritime Historian, and the Cobnuts poetry group to explore the energetic pull of Mount’s Bay on artists, pilgrims, poets and everyone who is drawn to this landscape.

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Poetry by Cobnuts poetry group. Sound design by Ciaran Clarke.

For more information please visit:

https://newlynartgallery.co.uk/gwelen

https://emma-smith.com

https://www.storylines.org.uk

https://www.penleehouse.org.uk

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/st-michaels-mount