Pasta Printmaking Workshop | Part of Belongings
Tuesday 23 June | 6-8pm
This pasta workshop is set up in response to Susan Aldworth’s current exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers, Belongings.
The session uses pre-made dough to consider how recipes are shared and hold significance to identity, family histories and social interaction! Working with dough, you will be shown how to make patterned pasta; for this, we will reflect on the work in Aldworth’s current exhibition, considering the shapes and marks which appear in the work.
The pasta will then be gathered together, cooked, and served for a relaxed meal.
Please note this workshop concludes in a communal meal which contains gluten.
Susan Aldworth's exhibition Belongings is open at Edinburgh Printmakers from 3 April - 28 June.
Carla Smith
Focusing on methods of sustaining and nurturing human relationships, Carla Smith explores our nuanced social landscape. Carla frequently uses food as a medium to navigate tender, celebratory moments. She often uses socially engaged methods, encouraging participation through multi-sensory, communal experiences such as shared meals; inviting audiences to be a part of the artwork through touch, taste, smell and conversation.
Carla works across a variety of mediums, with printmaking at the core of her practice, and also spends time with ceramics, drawing, film and bookmaking. This multidisciplinary approach naturally feeds into the workshops she runs as a freelance creative practitioner. She delivers children’s and adult creative workshops, aiming to create relaxed environments where individuals feel supported to explore materials. Her experience in childcare informs her delivery of early years workshops and contributes to a wider, people-centred approach throughout her practice.