GEORGE BUDDEN

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ISLE OF WIGHT WORKSHOP SERIES



During our 4 month residency on the Island, we also applied for and received arts council funidng to run a series of 8 workshops, all aimed at 16 - 25 years olds (an undersupported demographic on the island), and all exploring sustainable, reproducable and accessible processes. These workshops were planned and excecuted by myself and Maddy Thompson.

Click here for the projects instagram, where we advertised and catalogued the project






Check out a snippet from some of our workshops through these reels, below are more detailed descriptions and photos from each workshop:






Seaweed Developing 

A 2 day workshop, looking at natural and sustainable film development. The first day is spent gathering seaweed and taking photos on black and white disposable cameras (one per participant!). We then take this seaweed and exposed film back to Dimbola, where we will start the seaweed process. 

On day 2 you will learn to spool on and develop their own film with the homemade seaweed developer. An optional extra step is to produce some prints from these films. We later scan your rolls and send the results to participants!





Recycled Mosaics

Taking a look on thoughtfully upcycling old/found objects using gathered natural materials. Our day consists of a 1 hour walk down to Freshwater Bay, during which we collect a variety of stones, shells and glass to be used in our mosaics back at Dimbola. This workshop focuses on the meditative nature of process-driven work - participants are free to bring some headphones, or think of some song requests for our speakers!

Participants can bring specific materials they’d like to mosaic; though we also provide an arrangement of objects for those attending.




Cyanotypes

In this workshop, we learn how to create, sensitise, and expose cyanotypes. We take a particular focus on layering and using alternative materials within the cyanotypes. This might include things like written pieces, film negatives, and etchings. Examples of the materials we sensitise include wood, glass, and found rocks.

The workshop is split into 3 parts, the initial coating of our chosen materials, the foraging and creation of materials to use in the printing process, and finally the actual exposing of the cyanotypes. 





Papermaking + Bookbinding
On this two day workshop, we create sketchbooks, zines, drawing pads - all out of recycled paper! The first day is spent hand-making the paper, for which we will go on a short walk to collect flowers, grass and other materials. After our paper is dry, Day 2 will be spent bookbinding, and thinking through creative ways to use our creations. 

Please bring any old paper originally destined for the recycling so we can be as sustainable as possible - but if you can’t, we will provide some for you.






Natural Dyes
This workshop focuses on upcycling materials - clothes, teatowels, sheets etc. We use natural plants, part foraged on a walk at the beginning of the day, and vegetable waste for a variety of colours (onion peels, spinach, cabbage etc.). Participants can bring materials to be dyed; we also provide some.






Project Support and Publicity

Aside from the Arts Councils financial support, we’d like to say a huge thank you to the organisations and individuals who gave us support, advice, publicity, and friendliness during our time on the Island. This includes:

Hannah Ray, New Carnival Company

Elissa, Emmy-Lou, Brian, Jeff, George, and all the volunteers at Dimbola Museum and Galleries

Megan and Kai, Brave Island

On the Wight and Events on the Wight

Youth Trust IOW

Olga Budden

Ventnor Exchange

Claire, Gavin and Georgia, IW Creative Network

Paul Windridge



Project Feedback and Report
As the project is still on going, we are still collecting feedback and putting together the report. It will be published here once complete