As part of our ongoing Grow At Home programme of online talks with local artists, we meet printmaker and textiles designer, Hannah Jane Smith. Hannah is specialises in linocut print and natural dyes, her work explores nature through the lens of folklore and rural occultism.

Using the recurring motifs of hands and eyes alongside totemic images of animals and plants to examine the role of humans as interpreters and observers of the natural world. Hannah gathers plants from local woodlands to create natural dyes and inks. The process of collecting, extracting and dyeing is steeped in tradition. Making natural dyes from foraged plants continues her exploration of our relationship with plants and the cycles of nature.

This event is part of a cultural programme of events celebrating the creativity and diversity of Grow’s events programme and is supported by the Government’s Cultural Recovery Grant, administered by Arts Council England