Green Making | Materials | Objects

Building on The Green Maker Initiative, a collaboration between MAKE Southwest and the Sustainable Earth Institute’s Low Carbon Devon
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    The Levinsky Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building

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This exhibition celebrates green making, materials and objects. It features creators and their processes, highlights the connections between green practices and sustainability and asks questions about our individual relationships with objects and storytelling.
Curated by Polly Macpherson, Associate Professor of Design Practice in the School Art, Design and Architecture and the Creative Industries Supervisor in the Sustainable Earth Institute's Low Carbon Devon project at the University of Plymouth, UK, the showcase builds on The Green Maker Initiative, a collaboration between MAKE Southwest and Low Carbon Devon. This creative industry project was designed to explore and support individuals and groups of makers who were committed to reducing their environmental impact.
Our programme of associated events is featured below, including collaborations with The Flax project CIC and Studio Arvor.
Dates: 20 July–24 August 2024 (private viewing 19 July 17:30–19:30)
Time: Monday–Friday 10:00–17:00, Saturday 12:00–17:00, Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays
Venue: The Levinsky Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building
Ticket information: Free admission
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Associated events

Traditional corn dolly made from flax Flax Corn Dolly Making workshop
 24 July

Cotton thread and scissors for sewing are placed on top of fabrics Weave Wednesday
 31 July

Foraging pouch Make a Foraging or Mudlarking hip bag sewing workshop
 7 August

Polly MacPherson Curator's Talk with Polly Macpherson
 14 August

Jo Weadon in her studio Make a chopping board with Studio Arvor workshop
 21 August

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