Natural Storytelling
Connecting small businesses with their audience through creative photography
James Harper
Headshots… but the creative kind 👤
What a brilliant way to spend a morning in Ducie Street Warehouse amongst the burnt orange tones of terracotta and leafy greens! Book yours now.
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Rambling Beer Co @ X+Why
Showcasing the best microbrewery and craft beers 🍺
Sarah is a beer boss who has been dominating the industry for over ten hop-tastic years
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The Yards
The Yards in the heart of Covent Garden 🛍️
St Martin's Courtyard, Mercer Walk, and Old Brewer's Yard, under development
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Nature in the City @ The Building Society
Put thought into the meanwhile space 🌳
A panel discussion organised by Tate+Co, to ask how can we bring nature into the heart of our cities.
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Indie Bloom @ X+Why
Floral workshops with people and planet in mind 🍁
Indie Bloom delivers floral workshops in line with the seasons to share learning so others can create with nature.
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After Dark Murder Mystery @ Affinity Living
A trip down the Rabbit hole 🐰
Alice in Wonderland themed fun at Affinity Living
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Pecha Kucha
Nature-themed quick-fire talks 🌱
Learning about community projects, seeking your local area in a new light, the power of illustration and musical mushrooms
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Sculpt & Sip @ SeeSaw
Workshops that are designed to be a sanctuary 🫶🏼
Creating a safe, peaceful environment where you can find solace, practice mindfulness, and escape from the chaos of our busy livess.
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Katrina Wilde @ Merseyway Workshop
The Magic of Botanical Colour 🌼
Exploring natural dyes, seasonal plants and connecting to nature through the magic of botanical colour.
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First Street, Manchester
Sunshine for the Lioness’ ⚽️
You can almost hear the roar of the Lionesses and the crowd as they sing ‘Sweeeeeet Caaarolineee’.
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Common Good
The Future is… Dock Branch Park 🌿
A Common Good x PLACED collaboration at BirkenEd’s Place. A discussion on the history of urban parks, while noticing the true importance of greenspace in the everyday.
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Sandwith Studio @ Merseyway Workshop
Plastic, yarn, or simply Plarn? 🧶
A traditional basket weaving and coiling workshop using waste and recycled materials.
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Sculpt & Sip @ The Alan
Cosy and creative pre-drinks 🍷
Unleash your inner artist as you immerse yourself in an evening filled with inspiration, fun, and artistic expression.
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Loz Ives @ his shed
‘Headshots’ with a difference 👤
Grabbed some shots and we devoured plenty of pancakes and coffee, while Loz pretended to work!
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Gary Burton @ Merseyway Workshop
Abstraction, intentional mark making 🖌️
Concentrating on positive and negative space, the application of colour with a limited palette, and creating movement and rhythm within the confines of the canvas.
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Fiona Beatie @ Merseyway Workshop
Functional, fun, and fabulous ☕️
Learning hand-building techniques, rolling slabs of clay, creating textures, underglazes, and decorating with coloured slip..
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University of Central Lancashire and PACT Institute
Re-imagine the future of ageing 👵🏼
Exploring ideas for how nature, art, and technology can improve health and wellbeing through the life course and help shape a future where everyone can age well.
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Paul Simm @ Merseyway Workshop
Traditional techniques 🖌️
A taster into letter painting and inspiration into this art form. Paul Simm aims to make the art world more inclusive and get people to see how it's a great tool to destress, focus, and eradicate some of the white noise that surrounds us in our daily lives.
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Easy Peel @ Merseyway Workshop
Power tools are your friends 🪚
Walk in empty-handed and walk away with your very own hand-crafted stool. Learning some basic woodworking techniques and finding your way around a selection of hand tools and much more.
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Common Good
Independent Trailblazers kickstarting Stockport’s renaissance 🫶🏼
The community of creative local people that has blossomed in Stockport holds the key to its future - we must learn from their knowledge and experience, and key them close as town centre regeneration moves forward.
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Charlotte Smithson @ Merseyway Workshop
Slow down, relax, and reconnect with nature through creativity 🌸
Enjoying the simplicity of observing and making marks in response to snippets from nature. Immersing into the creative process and the wellbeing benefits; no pressure to share or be critiqued for what you create.
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Passionfruit Coffee
A hidden gem ☕️
One that smells of coffee and sweet treats! Passionfruit Coffee is a small independent roaster in Old Trafford. Tim Denton translated the branding designed by Fieldwork, into a light that sits as a beacon in the window.
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Forage Box
Always wild, always sustainable, and always delicious 🍄
Workshops that reconnect people with nature through food, focusing on the 4 'F's of Foraging: Fungi, Fruit, Flowers, and Foliage. Slowing down the pace of modern life, meeting new people, and immersing yourself in a soul-nourishing activity.
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Colne Valley Museum
Discover what life was like in the 1840s 🧵
Colne Valley Museum, a Grade II listed building, is housed in four cottages built in the 1840s by a family of independent cloth manufacturers, the Pearsons.
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BIMM University
Shaping the future of the creative industry 🔥
Bimm open mic 🎤 night at Lions’ Den! Fresh nerves as students perform one song in front of all their peers - a brilliant evening full of young talent!
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Little Orange Co @ Altrincham Markets
Flexible furniture that can adapt 🪵
A new counter facade and mobile shop shelf unit both with details taken from the form of an aranchini.