Botanical Bodies: Ink, Material and Community

Botanical Bodies: Ink, Material and Community is a free public programme exploring how living systems and material innovation can shape regenerative approaches to art, design, and collective life.

Through an exhibition, workshops, and a panel talk, it opens a space where audiences can encounter biofabrication, experimental materials, and community-driven design.

By weaving together art, science, and social imagination, Botanical Bodies invites communities to experience materials not just as products, but as part of a living, regenerative future.

Social Engagement Highlights:

• 🌿 Community Reflection Wall: Contribute drawings, words, and impressions that build a collective archive of community voices on climate, culture, and creativity.
• 🧵 Hands-on Workshops: Learn natural dyeing, biomaterial co-creation, and sustainable colour techniques.
• 📖 Zine Creation: Help co-create a printed and digital zine capturing collective insights and workshop outcomes.

Panel Talk: Regenerative Futures

A cross-sector dialogue exploring how art, science, and design collaborate to shape climate-just futures, featuring speakers from fields such as:

• Circular fashion & post-consumer innovation
• Sustainable architecture and adaptive reuse
• Bio-based and bacterial material design
• Digital tools for circularity and transparency

Please email inforedresslaboratory@gmail.com to RSVP free include Your full name, chosen workshop,

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Schedule

Day 1 – Friday 28 November 2025

(Opening Day: Exhibition + Workshops + Panel Talk)

12:00 – Doors open, Exhibition Launch & Community Textile Reflection Walkthrough

13:00 – Workshop 1: Natural Dyeing with Plants & Food Waste — with Auda Sakho, Redress Laboratory

14:30 – Workshop 2: Making with Milk — with Digby Usher, Lifelabs

16:00 – Workshop 3: Myco-Fabrication — with Akir Hall

17:30 – Workshop 4: Prototyping Bioplastics — with Lucrezia Alessandroni

19:00 – Panel Talk: Regenerative Design, Nature & Future Materials

A cross-disciplinary dialogue exploring how art, science, and design collaborate to shape climate-just futures.

19:45 – Networking Session

21:00 – Close

Day 2 & Day 3 – Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November 2025

(Exhibition Only)

13:00–18:00

• Materials Innovation Exhibit from Designers, Artists & Collectives
• Botanical Ink & Bacterial Dye Display
• Biofabrication Zone
• Material/Projects Table
• Community Reflection Wall

Visitors can explore, engage with materials, and contribute to the participatory textile wall.

Please email inforedresslaboratory@gmail.com to RSVP free include Your full name, chosen workshop,

📅 Dates: November 28–30, 2025

📍 Venue: O₂ Centre, 255 Finchley Road, London NW3 6LU

Curated by: Auda Sakho, Redress Laboratory

Supported by: Camden Climate Fund

Credits photos and workshops facilitators and contributors

Akir Hall

Lucrezia Alessandroni

Auda Sakho

Digby Usher

Exhibitors

• Akir Hall
• Jenna Handley – Seafolk
• Paula Molina – Biodesign Collective
• Punxh Peerasin – GROWinK
• Sandra Battistel
• Auda Sakho