From the Sea View

Meet the mathematician who started sewing during Covid – and is now recognised by the Royal Academy.

A recreation of the Cornish coast, painstakingly stitched entirely from memory over five years, is to go on display at Warrington Museum after being recognised by the Royal Academy of Arts.

From the Sea View is the creation of mathematician-turned-artist Angela Gould who initially started sewing simply as an expression of love and hope during the pandemic.

The resulting seascape was based on some of Angela’s happiest childhood holidays to the village of Downderry in Cornwall, which she visited twice a year. But more than just a calming view of the sea, it came to represent the healing power of memory and creativity at one of the most difficult periods of her life.