A Story Sculpture Halloween Adventure in the Forest

Sculptor, Marjan Wouda, and storyteller Jacqueline Harris, will celebrate the hare in Lancashire folklore and landscape through an afternoon of shared art and story in Gisburn Forest. 

At the foot of Marjan’s 3.6 m. sculpture, Bowland Hare, and around a fire pit in the woods, they will explore the significance of the hare in Lancashire folklore and the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty where it has such a unique presence. While generally the hare is threatened through loss of habitat, here in the Forest of Bowland its numbers are keeping up. It shows us just how precious this landscape is and how rare.

They will tell the story of “The White Dobbie” – a story of ghostly encounters with a spectre that instilled dread in the local community, and his creature companion: a white hare, sharing these tales from their first book in the new “Storylore” series. This event will allow visitors glimpses of the stories, books and sculptures the duo are developing, as a way of bringing back to life our shared heritage.

A passion for Lancashire folklore, for the landscape and the stories that it has inspired, brought Marjan and Jacqueline together. Their belief that these stories are relevant today and that they have the power to enrich our lives has inspired them to explore, re-imagine and recreate them through word, sculpture, drawing, print, painting and the making of books. 

Everyone aged between 5 and 105 is welcome to attend this free event which takes place from 1.30 – 3. Meet the artists from 1 pm at the Hub Café. BB7 4TS