An extravagant and performative feast dressed up with a communally created artwork – a dyed and printed tablecloth, hand-made candles and plates, which were made over the course of two natural dyeing and wax craft workshops. The dinner was an invitation to bring to the table all the forms of climate learning explored at the Climate Companions festival over the course of two weeks. Over the course of the dinner, the table cloth served as a playful participatory artwork, which the guests continued contributing to over the course of the evening with prints, coloured wax patterns, and stains from the meal.
2 WORKSHOPS TO CO-CREATE:
A COMMUNAL TABLECLOTH, DYED WITH CADDY BIN FOOD WASTE DYES FROM ONION, RED CABBAGE, BEETROOT AND AVOCADOS AND PRINTED WITH LOCALLY SOURCED WASTE WAX. PRINTS CAME FROM THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT PARTICIPANTS MOST APPRECIATE ABOUT URBAN NATURE
PAPER MACHE BOWLS AND PLATES, MADE WITH PAPER WASTE AND FLOUR GLUE PAINTED WITH FOOD WASTE INKS
WAX CRAYONS COLOURED WITH FOOD WASTE DYES
CANDLES COLOURED WITH FOOD WASTE DYES AND SCENTED WITH GARDEN SCENTS
1 PERFORMATIVE DINNER WHERE THE PARTICIPANTS:
PRINTED ON THE TABLECLOTH WITH LEAVES AND FLOWERS HARVESTED FROM THE GARDEN
PRETENDED TO BE WORMS WHILE EXPLORING THE SOIL MOUNTAIN STARTER WITH SOME FORAGED INGREDIENTS
CREATED WAX DRIPPING PATTERNS ON THE TABLECLOTH
MADE CRUNCHY MUSIC WHILE ENJOYING THE FRITTO MISTO MIX, FOOD WASTE FROM WHICH WILL BE USED IN FUTURE NATURAL DYE WORKSHOPS
DREW THEIR VISIONS FOR THE GARDEN WITH WAX CRAYONS
ENJOYED A DELIGHTFUL ICE CREAM CAKE WITH CRAB APPLES AND HERBS FORAGED EARLIER THAT SAME AFTERNOON
CREDITS
Natural dyeing and craft facilitation:
Food design:
Climate Companions festival curators:
Andrew Belfield and Cameron Bray
Location:
R-Urban Poplar
Workshop team:
Waste sample wax donation from:
Lola Lely of Wax Atelier
Remnant wax from a local beehive:
Photography by: