Strange Blooms - a paper collage workshop with botanical artist Sophie Rawlingson

Create your own whimsical paper flower in this drop-in, beginner-friendly workshop. All materials provided!

Drawing on visual references from folk-art and sci-fi, create your own one-of-a-kind flower using magazine pages and coloured card. This session encourages you to let your imagination run wild. All materials provided. Drop in for a quick visit or stay all afternoon. Perfect for curious beginners, this workshop is all about experimenting, exploring, and play. Leave with a bloom that’s beautifully, wonderfully strange. Price: Pay what you feel with a suggested minimum donation £6 About Sophie Rawlingson Sophie began working as a digital illustrator who then brought illustrations to life with hand embroidery. As her artistic practice developed, she started experimenting with new materials, making wooden sculptures and paintings. Regardless of the medium, Sophie’s work is centred around flowers, taking inspiration from botanical designs from the Arts & Crafts movement and folk-art, but also sci-fi stories of plants that fight back. Sophie’s illustrative style is the result of lots of stylistic iteration over the years, putting a modern spin on older art styles, making her work feel familiar to people, while still being something new. Sophie Rawlingson is part of our new Artist Shop Cohort. This year’s shop features nine Hampshire-based artists working across a wide range of mediums and styles. Over the next nine months, audiences will be able to purchase the artists’ work and take part in workshops and events, learning directly from the artists themselves. What to expect at this workshop: Workshops in the Cafe Extension: Access to the cafe extension is also step free and there is a ramp available should you need it to access the cafe, toilets and rest of the building. The courtyard has step free access from the corner of lower canal walk and town quay road. Getting Here: GHT is a 25-minute walk from Southampton Central Train station and is on a number of local bus routes. Our closest car parks are Gloucester Square and Mayflower park. This part of the city can get very busy with traffic from the cruise ship terminals on Saturdays so please do allow for extra time if you’re driving.

What to expect:
Crafts, Prints, Drawing