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Introduction to flowering plant families and how to identify them.
Join Dr Paul Smith for a one day workshop to introduce the method of plant identification. Identifying an an unfamiliar plant is easier if you know the family to which it belongs. This is a skill that may be learned in the UK and then applied to the flora of any country, anywhere in the world. The morning theory session will look at a selection of flowering plant families and their identification. This will include important characteristics, how to study…
Find out more »Chemigram workshop
Join Sophie Sherwood for a Chemigram workshop. Chemigram printing involves using light sensitive paper with resists such as vaseline to experiment with printmaking techniques. Learn how to make your own darkroom chemistry at home so you can experiment using these with the resists. In this workshop you will use plants from the Botanic Garden and different resists to build layers and so create otherworldly effects on the light sensitive paper. This workshop is aimed at adults but is suitable for…
Find out more »Lumen Printing and Cyanotype Process Workshop
Wendy Leocque is a photographic artist and creative facilitator that has worked in variousdarkrooms around Bristol. As a way of introducing newcomers to alternative photographic process, Wendy teaches Lumen Printing, and Cyanotype process.These processes are a perfect fit for gardens, as your art will be created by the shrubs, blooms and leaves around you and will only need the sun to make an impression. Playing with these processes give an insight into both art and science and will definitely make…
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