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Sunday 7 June 2015, 2, 3 & 4pm

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Discover ‘camera-less’ photographic printing techniques on the final day of our three week programme for Chelsea Fringe with  Dalston resident and artist photographer Heather McDonough in  this workshop for adults. ‘Sun-printing’ is inspired by the birth of photography and photographers Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins, who made some of their earliest images using flowers and plants.

You will learn how to produce cyanotype prints and discover how to make wonderful compositions from wildflowers and grasses found in the Eastern Curve, using this intriguing process.

Heather has been a professional photographer for twenty years, making work for numerous public commissions and exhibitions in the UK and abroad. She is also a senior lecturer in photography at London Metropolitan University.

There is a £5 charge for this workshop to cover costs.

There are three sessions in total, starting at 2, 3 & 4pm. We don’t take bookings but places are limited and are offered on a ‘first come first served’ basis for each session, so do come early to avoid disappointment.

Saturday 23 & Tuesday 26-29 May 2015

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Children get their own ‘Flower Show’ at the Curve Garden for the Chelsea Fringe.

Painting Pebbles
Tuesday 26 May: 2, 3 & 4pm
Yemi Awosile and Emamoke Ukeleghe will work with children to paint pebbles to help identify the vegetables growing in the Garden this summer.

Friendly Garden Bug Puppets
Wednesday 27 May: 2, 3 & 4pm
Puppet-maker Hyunjung Choi is back by popular demand, helping children make giant paper bee, butterfly and ladybird puppets to take home.

Perfect Pizzas
Thursday 28 May: 2 – 5pm
Children can join David Latto, the Garden’s regular pizza-maker, to make and bake their own delicious pizzas in the Garden’s wood-fired oven.

What are Flowers For?
Friday 29 May: 2, 3 & 4pm
Children can learn the art of mono-printing with artist Emily Tracy and create their own flower-filled imagery.