Mazed Tales

About Mazed Tales Android App

If you've lost something: your keys, your pen, or your way on the moor... or if you've forgotten what you were going to say or what you went upstairs for... you'll have been MAZED BY THE PISKIES. The only way to cure the piskies' maze is to TURN YOUR POCKETS INSIDE OUT.

Cornwall is a place rich in myth and legend, and the Cornish people are born storytellers. In the past Cornwall's stories would have been told by wandering droll storytellers, sung in ballad form by balladeers and then told by anyone and everyone round the fire on a cold winter's night.

Collections of stories have been made from 12 locations in the Caradon area. Schoolchildren from these places heard their local tales, then retold them to their friends and families at droll tea parties. There was a public vote for each community's favourite story.The children then took part in a visual storytelling workshop to bring their story to life - in different ways eg puppets, sculpture, textiles. A moodboard was made to record the results of these workshops. The workshops took place between September 2013 and Febuary 2014.

The 12 chosen stories, 1 for each location, have been animated, 6 by professional animators and 6 by students at Falmouth University. The animation of each place's story is inspired by the visuals on that community's moodboard. These animations can be watched online via links in the app.