Final year contemporary crafts students will be showcasing their work at Truro Cathedral next month.

The exhibition, Crafting the Cathedral, will bring together contemporary craft artefacts, created and designed as a personal response to the cathedral’s stunning architecture, history and purpose as a place of worship.

Senior lecturer, Jason Cleverly, said: “It's been a really important, demanding, yet rewarding challenge to create interpretive objects that live up to the building, the people and items that live there. Many of the cathedral's artefacts carry great metaphorical power and some fascinating and unusual stories – we hope you will enjoy the students’ responses to the building.”

Kirsten Gordon, education and schools officer, said: “We have found the students' approach to their brief to be interesting and incredibly varied, demonstrating technical skill and creativity. It is a valuable experience for us to see with fresh eyes the many different facets of cathedral life which speak on so many more levels than we perhaps see at first glance.”

Lizzie Arthur, education and interpretation officer and contemporary crafts graduate, added: “Such exhibitions challenge the audience to look more closely at the familiar, inspiring both the cathedral community and our visitors.”

Crafting the Cathedral will be on show at Truro Cathedral from Thursday, February 2, until February 16. It will be open from 10am until 5pm, Monday to Saturday; and noon until 4pm on Sundays. Entry is free.