The Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth inspired me for this piece because it revealed a new, intimate side to the Brontë sisters. I always thought that there was an air of mystery around Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, as they were know to keep themselves to themselves. However, looking at some of their personal items and walking through the rooms of their house seemed to fade the mystery a little.

One theme that interested me was the idea that the parsonage was not just a home, but also a place where the Brontë sisters’ imaginations could thrive and flourish, which eventually produced some of the most well known stories & characters of the literary world.

Through my work I wanted to communicate how important the parsonage, surrounding moorland, and sense of place was for the sisters.

The sadness and suffering of the Brontë family in their later lives was a harsh comparison to their charming and imaginative childhood. Branwell Brontë’s fall into drug and alcohol abuse, and the devastating effect of consumption (know as tuberculosis) had on the family also influenced my work.