Event Programme

Workshop activities

Running alongside Martin Brockman’s exhibition FREE AS THE FIELDS we will be delivering five practical workshops:

All Workshops £95 each or book two together for £160

  1. Wood-block Printing with Martin Brockman 24th May 10:00am to 4:00pm recommended with pigment making workshop

  2. Pigment Ink Making with Polly Bennett 1st June 10:00am to 1:00pm

  3. Wood-block Printing with Martin Brockman 8th June 10:00am to 4:00pm recommended with pigment making workshop

  4. Clay Foraging, Making and Firing with Martin Brockman, the Summer Solstice weekend 21st & 22nd June 10:00am to 4:00pm

  5. Wood Carving in the Woods with Martin Brockman 29th June

    These all will be hosted both at the gallery and in the woodland behind the gallery building. 

As part of our vision with this project, we wanted to connect with local makers and businesses who are also trying to work with nature and sustainably. Martin Brockman and Polly Bennett from Polben Pigments are co-delivering workshops with us, and we will also be hosting sustainable Sussex cider company BigNose and Beardy for a cider tasting event on 15th June 4 to 6:30pm

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Robertsbridge
Woodland
Project

“…It’s a lovely reassuring experience to feel safe, unrestricted surrounded by the elements, trying something new and hands-on…”

Participant comment

“the blackShed curator, Kenton Lowe, always wanted to focus his work on good health, and bringing about an enhanced sense of well-being. Recognising how the experience of being involved with something outside can benefit mental health, he was keen to bring people together and work within the local landscape - with the approval of the Parish Council, the Woodland Trust cleared the way and allowed the project to take place in Springfield Woods, Salehurst (Robertsbridge) - all he had to now was to recruit some artists.”

“The project began February 2022 and ran for 12 weeks. Artists Martin Brockman and Jim Roseveare led an enthusiastic group of individuals from varying backgrounds into the woods to take part in a series of exciting and creative activities. Teaching and demonstrating traditional woodland skills; simple tool making, tree identification and forestry care, through to selecting natural material used in the production of organic pigments and inks, and digging woodland clay alongside crude firing techniques.”

Photographs by Julian Anderson