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Story-led public artworks for regeneration, wayfinding, and civic identity.
These case studies show how mythmaking and local narrative are used to transform overlooked spaces into landmarks people recognise, care for, and use.
Places and Spaces
Every project responds to a specific kind of place and a specific challenge. These are the types places and spaces I work with.
Regeneration & Civic Identity
Marking moments of change with shared meaning
Projects in this category support town centres, estates, and civic spaces undergoing renewal. Story-led artworks act as visible markers of identity, helping communities recognise themselves within change and feel invested in what comes next.
Relevant for:
Councils, regeneration teams, long-term development schemes
Infrastructure Change & Public Understanding
Making complex or disruptive change legible in public space
These projects support places undergoing visible change, from new infrastructure to environmental interventions. Story-led artworks help explain what’s happening, reduce resistance, and build public understanding and care for shared assets.
Relevant for:
Councils, infrastructure partners, developers
Routes, Gateways & Wayfinding
Reconnecting people to places they avoid or overlook
These projects focus on movement through space, stairways, passages, thresholds, and arrival points. By reframing how a route feels and reads, art becomes a tool for safety, orientation, and renewed use.
Relevant for:
Public realm teams, transport-adjacent sites, access improvements
Activation & Footfall
Drawing people into overlooked streets and spaces
Targeted artworks designed to shift behaviour, increasing visitation, dwell time, and visibility for underused areas. Often deployed where modest intervention can unlock significant social or economic impact.
Relevant for:
Developers, local businesses, BID’s, cultural programmes
Featured Case Studies
Selected case studies demonstrating these approaches in practice.
Westcliff on Sea, Shore & Sky (2024)
Outcome: A neglected and avoided stairway was transformed into a safe, recognisable route reconnecting the town with the seafront.
Key Takeaway: A story-led intervention reactivated a neglected pedestrian route, improving safety, wayfinding, and community ownership without relying on physical redevelopment.
The Weaver (2025)
Outcome: The end of Ilford Lane became a destination, with a landmark mural celebrating South Asian women, cultural diversity and community cohesion and repositioned a neglected space as a place of pride, visibility, and belonging.
Key Takeaway: Deep, site-specific storytelling can build community buy-in and civic pride in complex, diverse neighbourhoods: even under political sensitivity and tight timelines.
Berba: Goddess of the Barrow (2025)
Outcome: A landmark mural marking Athy’s moment of transformation, honouring the town’s river heritage while looking confidently toward its future.
Key Takeaway: Aligning regeneration with local myth created a symbolic marker for change, reinforcing continuity and identity during a town-centre transformation.
Delivering Work in Public Spaces
☑ Experience working on live public and civic sites
☑ Clear stakeholder and approval checkpoints
☑ Community engagement where it adds genuine value
☑ Durable materials and specialist protective finishes
☑ Calm delivery within real-world constraints
“Shauna’s work played a crucial role in helping the public understand and accept a complex change to a well-used local space. The murals were delivered within tight constraints, with clear communication throughout, and have significantly improved how people engage with the site.”
Ready to Talk About Your Place?
If you’re responsible for a site that needs identity, connection, or public understanding, let’s start with a conversation.