Name: Common Ground: Reading Soil, Sensing Landscape 1
Start: 2026-02-07T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-07T12:00:00+00:00
Location: The Auxiliary

Common Ground: Reading Soil, Sensing Landscape 1

Common Ground is a community food growing and artmaking programme guided by a wide range of artists and agricultural experts.
About this Event

Join us Saturday, 7th February, 10 am - 12 pm.
Reading Soil, Sensing Landscape with Richard Allaway: Workshop 1
This two-part workshop introduces participants to the sensory, scientific, and photographic methods used in Richard's practice and research.
Workshop 1 explores ways of reading the soil through smell, touch, and taste, and investigates soil as a living electrical system through earth batteries and exoelectrogenic activity. Participants will prepare soils for chromatography by breaking down, agitating, and readying samples for development.
Workshop 2 focuses on setting off and developing soil chromatograms, learning how to read and interpret their patterns, and concludes with the creation of lumen prints as an alternative photographic response to soil.
🌼 Free sessions
☕ Light refreshments
🌱 Open to all ages
📍Location: The Auxiliary, 31 Station Street, TS1 1SR
🔗 Find out more about Common Ground Saturday Sessions by visiting: www.theauxiliary.co.uk/commonground