Ethical Colour, an exhibition at Switchboard Studios

Ethical Colour is an on-going piece of interactive research promoting climate-positive and regenerative colour sources and processes by Colour of Saying. Ethical Colour workshops, talks and material displays are all part of this initiative, which combines circular practices and emerging colour innovations to reveal new nuances of meaning responding resolutely to social, environmental and planetary change. As part of London Design Festival. Ethical Colour will be featured as an interactive display and exhibition. Over four days, the exhibition will present progressive colour makers including Jesse Adler, Colorifix, Phoebe Lewis, Ruth Lloyd, Hannah Elisabeth Jones, Indigo Garden, Kirstie van Noort, Jess Redgrave, Slow Painting Studio, Studio Sarmite, whose work addresses key Ethical Colour themes: Waste & Reincorporation, Emissions, Pollution & Natural Regeneration, and Biotech Solutions. Hosted in Switchboard Studios, where the Colour of Saying studio is based. The building was originally built as the head offices for a large consortium of industrial spaces which produced dyes and food colourings so has its own history of colour and dyes. - To open the event on Friday 20th September, Colour of Saying will co-host two interactive hands-on colour making workshops. Enjoy learning about natural PH colour change with Polish artists Slow Painting Studio and explore colour from plants and flowers with Hapa Zome techniques alongside London textile artist Alice Burnhope. Workshop: Ephemeral Hues Workshop Slow Painting Studio x Colour of Saying Switchboard Studios, Unit 50, Uplands Business Park, Uplands Entrance B, Blackhorse Lane, E17 5QJ Friday 20 September, 11.00 – 12.30 £20, booking required. https://ticketlab.co.uk/event/id/27015#/ Workshop: Natural Dye & Hapa Zome Techniques Alice Burnhope x Colour of Saying Switchboard Studios, Unit 50, Uplands Business Park, Uplands Entrance B, Blackhorse Lane, E17 5QJ Friday 20 September, 19.00 – 20.30 https://ticketlab.co.uk/event/id/26999#/ On Saturday 21 September, Colour of Saying will also present a circular and seasonal colour workshop with Hannah Elisabeth Jones. Visitors can also join our friends Indigo Garden for a tour of their local indigo and flax growing. Workshop: Seasonal Colour Making - extending the possibilities of plant-based, natural, and locally foraged colours Colour of Saying x Hannah Elisabeth Jones Switchboard Studios, Unit 50, Uplands Business Park, Uplands Entrance B, Blackhorse Lane, E17 5QJ Saturday 21 September, 11.00 – 15.00 £20, booking required. https://ticketlab.co.uk/event/id/26651#/ Join us for an informative and hands-on workshop by Hannah Elisabeth Jones and Laura Perryman. Learn to transform and responsibly make natural colours from local and seasonal plants by respecting natural marshland and hedgerow rhythms. Deep dive into the fascinating world of natural dyes, inks, and regenerative practices for an afternoon of learning alongside plants and how to gather them responsibly and ethically for colour making. Come away with a fascinating palette of colour swatches on various materials. Garden Tour: Growing indigo and flax with Indigo Garden Higham Hill Common Allotments, Green Pond Road, E17 6EN 21 September, 15.30 – 17.00 Together with textile designer First Principals we've been growing flax for the first time down at the Indigo Garden this year. Come and discover the harmonious pairing of indigo and linen and learn more about hand processed fibres and dye plants. We'll be demonstrating how to process flax and extract indigo from the leaves using the fresh leaf method. Get to know the different species and varieties we grow in the garden and spend time communing in nature with a cup of indigo tea!