The Creative Gather Inn

Location: The Heart of Newhaven, Edinburgh
Date/time: Saturday 12 October, 10am – 4.30pm, or 10am – 1pm for the morning session / 1.30pm-4pm for the afternoon session

Join Bookbinder Cass Barron, Printmaker Lorna Brown and Yoga Teacher & Community Gardener Hayley Chandler for a creative and mindful day inspired by The Heart of Newhaven community garden. A chance to share in some creative, mindful making, as well as foraging and eating to mark the shifting seasons.

This event is funded by Thrive Edinburgh and The Bridge Awards and is part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival – it is an accessible event, designed for people who would benefit from some creative time out but who are experiencing barriers to accessing wellbeing/creative activity – an invitation to slow down and explore the wellbeing benefits of being creative and connecting with nature.

>If this sounds like you, we’d love to offer you a free place on this workshop. To register please click through to purchase (you won’t be charged) but we will ask for a few details so we can get in touch with more information in the run up to the workshop. If you would like to book more than one ticket, please get in touch.

Please note:

>This is designed to be a full day event but if attending for half a day is more do-able for you then we can accommodate this – select your preferred session from the drop down. Whichever option you choose we would love to invite you to stay for lunch which will take place from 1-1.30pm – we will be in touch about dietary requirements.

> Venue accessibility – the workshop venue is on the ground floor with a disabled toilet available, if you have accessibility issues that it would be good to know about prior to the workshop so we can best support you, please let us know by contacting bookbindingwithcass@gmail.com

>If you would like to attend with a carer or friend to support you on the day, we are happy to accommodate this. First book your place then email bookbindingwithcas@gmail.com with details of your support person.

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More information on what’s included in the workshop:

• Welcome, introductions and tour of the garden.
• Nature based meditation exercise with Hayley (in the garden, weather permitting)
• Foraging for plant specimens that can be used for printing
• Have a go at a range of printing techniques using your plant specimens and botanical inks
• Make a book/journal incorporating your printed papers with Cass
• Shared lunch from 1-1.30pm cooked by Hayley using produce from the garden
• Discussion on journaling for wellbeing with ideas on how to use your book after the workshop
• Have a go at a range of printing techniques using plant specimens and botanical inks
• Make a book/journal incorporating your printed papers with Cass (if you made a book in the morning session you this will be an opportunity to practice your skills and make a book for a friend)
• Yoga Nidra meditation with Hayley

Following the workshop you will receive links to useful resoufrces vis email, including – a wellbeing reading list, Thrive info, info on opportunities at The Heart of Newhaven, reminder instructions for the making.

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More about the tutors running this event –

Cass Barron is passionate about making the craft of bookbinding fun, accessible and sustainable. She teaches a wide range of workshops and community projects, both in person and online, that invite people to take inspiration from nature and transform recycled and remnant materials into unique and usable books. www.bookbindingwithcass.com

Lorna Brown is a contemporary textile designer, printmaker & educator running design brand Blessed Unrest alongside her teaching Studio Ink on Mesh within The Heart of Newhaven community. www.inkonmesh.co.uk

Hayley Chandler is a yoga teacher and community gardener with a background in community mental health work. She is
passionate about healing in community and creativity and nature as a pathway to recovery. www.bloomyogaedinburgh.com