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FOI Up Late at the Holburne with BSU x Adobe
08 Jul 2024

FOI Up Late at the Holburne with BSU x Adobe

On the Friday of this year’s Forest of Imagination, we enjoyed an “Up Late” session from 6-8pm at the Holburne Museum, inviting participants to explore and create a Digital Forest. Bath Spa University is an Adobe Creative Campus, and we had the opportunity to experiment with Adobe Firefly, an AI creative tool. Many participants used AI to generate images via work prompts and enjoyed fascinating...

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Rocks Roots Rhythm
20 Jul 2020

Rocks Roots Rhythm

For the Earth And all that is holding us From the wilds of Dartmoor And the heart of Zimbabwe Our truth calls to us Simple and clear That we are this Earth That we are each other And our gratitude is a balm That can heal A film by Denise Rowe With Denise Rowe & Kennedy Chinyere Camera by Pete McCowen Supported by Forest of...

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Virtual Forest – Week Seven – Perry Harris
24 Jun 2020

Virtual Forest – Week Seven – Perry Harris

 Illustrator Perry Harris has supported Forest of Imagination for many years, supporting the event with brilliant images, illustrations, cartoons and drawings depicting his vision of how Forest is represented in the city of Bath. Perry is a prolific artist who is not only constantly sketching, but he also works with watercolours, landscapes and video, his work can be found on his Pinterest page. This year...

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Enchanted Forest – Week Six – Alison Harper
24 Jun 2020

Enchanted Forest – Week Six – Alison Harper

Textile artist, Alison Harper works with the theme of reimagining materials, her work often focuses on recycling, reusing and reimagining. This year, for the #VirtualForest2020, Alison has taken the theme of #enchanted to inform her work; finding the beauty and unexpected in everyday things, waste materials and in little corners of the world we often do not  notice. She explains more here: “Enchanted is a digital project...

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Edible Forest – Helen Lawrence – Week Five
13 Jun 2020

Edible Forest – Helen Lawrence – Week Five

Artist and chef, Helen Lawrence works and owns Bath institution Demuths, a vegan cookery school, this will inform her art work. Helen has plans to create an edible Forest, using medicinal herbs, seasonal and plant-based food, found and foraged in the forests and fields around Bath. Helen is also planning to collaborate with Castle Farm, to forage for edibles to inspire her creative cooking. Helen shares her work...

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Gifted Forest – Clare Day – Week Three
02 Jun 2020

Gifted Forest – Clare Day – Week Three

Week Three of Virtual Forest of Imagination 2020 and we showcase the working installation of artist Clare Day. Clare, who works in clay and print, and also on socially engaged projects, has worked with the Forest of Imagination since it began seven years ago, her Clay Forest has been an inspiration to thousands of members of the public who have visited Forest of Imagination over the...

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