VISITORS to a popular exhibition at a North Yorkshire Country home have just over a week to help finish off one of the main artifacts.
Those visiting the Creatures of Curiosity exhibition at the National Trust’s Nunnington Hall, have until September 4, to help decide what the ‘Nunnington Dragon,’ looks like, as part of a story creation project in Ryedale.
Literacy specialist Rosie Barrett and artist Karen Thompson have been working with school groups and families to retell this folktale from the region.
Now the pair are inviting more visitors to get involved by creating a scale to go on the dragon’s body and tail.
Rosie and Karen took their own retelling of the story into schools in Ryedale, inviting the children to create their own illustrations and writing.
Artist Karen Thompson illustrated the dragon based on the children’s ideas so that it slithers down the exhibition corridor.
She said: “It’s been fantastic to see the dragon develop over the summer. But we’ve only got until September 4 to get enough scales to finish it!
“And we’re really hoping it will be complete by the end of the exhibition!”
The exhibition features other forklord stories from across North Yorkshire, along with artwork by renowned children’s author and illustrator Tim Hopgood.
More information can be found online here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nunnington-hall/features/exhibitions-at-nunnington-hall
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