An exhibition of new work by Cassandra Barron and Lorna Brown at Mote102, Edinburgh, accompanied by a series of creative workshops and film screening of The Nettle Dress.
“I really like the constraint of picking a specific plant as a source of inspiration and springboard for making new work. More specifically a native, everyday plant, so often dismissed as a ‘weed’ to be eradicated. When you look closer, it is a thing of beauty with a rich cultural history, from its medicinal and creative uses to its valuable role in our ecosystem and the folklore around it.
In creating work for this exhibition I am enjoying exploring themes of transformation, repetition and scale, pushing my work beyond the book form and seeing where this takes me.”
– Cass
“The new pieces I have created for this exhibition reference history, folklore, botany and delve into recurring themes about transition and protection. Inspired by the opposing nature of the nettle to protect and attack, to be soft and prickly, to inflict pain but to have vast healing qualities, to be a sanctuary but also a repellent, is just a very small list of its fascinating qualities.”
– Lorna
Scroll down to see the events and workshops planned as part of this exhibition and book your place.
Opening Event
17 April, 6-8pm
Join us for the opening of ‘Time with Nettles’ – we look forward to sharing some refreshments with you while you peruse the artwork.
Drop in – no booking required.
Lorna and Cass invite you to a creative afternoon exploring the beautiful shapes, textures and patterns of nettles.
Places limited to 10 participants.
Join Cass and Liz Thomas, East Lothian based herbalist, for a hands-on workshop that invites you to make a nettle themed notebook and create a selection of herbal remedies incorporating this powerful wild herb!
Places limited to 12 participants.
This workshop invites you to spend some time with nettles – take part in a guided plant study, led by Lynda Hepburn and make a simple nettle notebook with Cass to record your sketches and observations.
Places limited to 10 participants.
To mark the end of the ‘Time with Nettles’ exhibition join us for a community screening of the feature documentary ‘The Nettle Dress’ at Mote102.
Places limited to 40.