NEW public artworks are on display along the Brontë Way as part of the Brontë Parsonage Museum’s celebration of the bicentenaries of the Brontës’ births.

"Sew Near – Sew Far", a collaboration between textile artist Lynn Setterington and the parsonage, features large-scale artwork at three sites on the Brontë Way, near the Brontë Bridge and Waterfall, each celebrating the famous signatures of the sisters.

The works spell out the names Currer Bell, Ellis Bell and Acton Bell, the pseudonyms respectively used by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë to disguise the fact they were women.

Lynn said: “I’ve been working with local people to develop the artworks and have invited them to add their own signatures to the piece. We’re also creating a film documenting the process, which will be shown later in the year."

On display from Saturday, (September 30) to October 14, Sew Near – Sew Far forms part of Brontë200, a five-year programme from Brontë Parsonage Museum celebrating the bicentenaries of the births of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne Brontë.

Parsonage arts officer Lauren Livesey said: “While we have a long-standing reputation of working with leading artists, this project with Lynn is a first for us as we take the exhibition out of the museum and into the landscape that was so important to the Brontës."

Sew Near – Sew Far is part of Meeting Point2, a project led by art agency Arts&Heritage that sees artists work with museums to produce art inspired by the museums and their collections.

The project has also been backed by the Worth Valley Young Farmers' Fields of Vision team.