Aunty Social x Lightpool 2024: Open craft workshop

Drop in for an open crafting session as we create a variety of upcycled sculptures that will form part of our installation for Lightpool Festival 2024.

Drawing inspiration from the folklore of the Green Man, we’ll look at our relationship with nature and the natural environment, and consider how we can give new life to discarded plastics.

Drop in – no ticket needed

Price: Free

All materials and equipment will be provided, but we welcome you to bring your own plastic waste/bottles/containers to work with. Please ensure all plastics are cleaned before bringing them to the workshop.

Age Range: All ages welcome

Children under 14 years must be accompanied by a parent/guardian for supervision. Supervising adults are not required to participate in the activity but we will have somewhere for them to hang out and a brew station.

About the project

Aunty Social will be presenting a light installation at this year’s Lightpool festival. Whilst learning about nature, sustainability and folklore and the symbology of The Green Man, we will explore how decisions can be made to protect and preserve the natural environment for the benefit of the human and non-human communities that hold these spaces and how folk practices can help to change attitudes and encourage caring and sustainable behavior towards nature. Through exploration of light art, traditional and contemporary crafting techniques and working with plastic waste, workshop attendees will imagine The Green Man’s realm, creating textures, masks, floral arrangements and foliage to create a collaborative final installation using plastic bottles, inspired by The Green Man and the folklore surrounding its history.

Access

If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print, BSL interpreter, level access) please let us know by emailing (using the contact organiser button/link) or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790.

GETTING HERE

• Tram & Train to Blackpool North Station
• Bus: No 6 or 18 to Topping St., No 3, 3a, 5c, 6, 18 to Church St (Stanley Buildings), No 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7a, 14 to Talbot Rd

• Driving: The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car park.