Led by artist Elaine Foster-Gandey in collaboration with students and staff at Torpoint Community College and students from Wave Academy Liskeard, this project brings together the voices and experiences of young people through the making and embellishment of aprons.
Inspired by Cornwall’s working heritage — from bal maidens and miners to domestic and caring roles — the project also asks what work means to young people today and what they imagine for the future.
At the heart of the exhibition is a large collaborative apron incorporating the students’ work, alongside photography, historic items and material from the project.
Photograph from the museum’s Photographic Collection: First World War, Women’s Land Army Collection.
