
HOCP at Home with Artist Laura Aldridge
Between 2016 and 2020, Cove Park’s programme of workshops and events for children and young people was known as Hands-On Cove Park. During the Covid-19 crisis and related lockdowns, this programme moved from in-person events at Cove Park, to a series of online activities and creative projects for young people and families at home. Cove Park worked with artists and former residents to devise these free projects, sharing films, leading Zoom workshops, and delivering activity packs and materials to homes in our local area. This work was made possible with support from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
In this film, Laura Aldridge demonstrates the process of using plants to dye fabric – a process that can be done at home with minimal equipment. This is a technique that Laura experimented with during her 2016 Cove Park residency.