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Field & Folk: Creating in and with the land
Field & Folk is a year-long series of four seasonal workshops exploring connection to landscape through foraging, natural materials, and creative practice. Taking place at the turning points of the year, each session invites you to step outside, gather from the land, and transform what you find into artwork.
Together, we will walk, forage, and create. You’ll learn how to responsibly gather natural materials, how to work with seasonal plants and found resources, and how to turn them into inks, pigments, and textures for making. Each workshop responds to the unique character of the season, from the wild abundance of summer to the quiet, pared-back palette of winter.
The first half of the workshop is spent outside in a different location each workshop, gathering stories and foraging materials. Bryony will share local folktales with everyone as we spend time absorbing a sense of the place.
The second half is spent in the studio making and creating using the materials gathered. You will get a chance to learn how to make natural inks, create cyanotypes and write creatively responding to your sense of place.
These sessions are open to everyone. No prior experience is needed, just curiosity and a willingness to explore. Whether you come for one workshop or journey through all four, you’ll develop new creative skills while building a deeper, more personal relationship with the landscape around you.
Workshop Leaders
Bryony Good is an artist, writer, and facilitator based in West Yorkshire, and the founder of In a Land. Her practice explores landscape, memory, folklore, and the uncanny, often working at the intersection of photography and writing. Through her workshops, she creates spaces for people to engage creatively with place, encouraging intuitive responses to the land and the stories it holds.
Michaela Lesayova is an artist whose practice centres on working with natural materials and outdoor environments. Her work explores the relationship between people and landscape through foraging, making, and embodied experience. She brings a deep knowledge of natural processes and a sensitive, hands-on approach to creating with materials gathered from the land.
The Workshops
Summer Solstice – Saturday 20 June 2026 (12–5pm) - Hardcastle Crags
An exploration of abundance. We’ll gather wildflowers and herbs such as poppy, dandelion, mint, and lavender, creating vibrant pigments and marks drawn from high summer.
Autumn Equinox – Saturday 19 September 2026 (12–5pm) - Widdop
A slowing into richness and depth. Using walnuts, berries, seeds, and fallen materials, we’ll work with the darker tones and textures of the season.
Winter Solstice – Saturday 19 December 2026 (12–5pm) - Eaves Woods
A quiet, reflective session. We’ll draw colour from dried and repurposed materials, exploring subtle palettes, texture, and the stillness of winter.
Spring Equinox – Saturday 20 March 2027 (12–5pm) - Broadhead Clough
A return to growth and renewal. We’ll forage early leaves, blossoms, and prunings, working with fresh, delicate materials that signal the shift into spring.
£50 per workshop or £175 for all four
No experience necessary but please note these workshops spend at least 2 hours outdoors and involve a short walk as well as being out in the elements. Please ensure you are dressed appropriately. We will meet on location for each workshop, exact details of meeting points will be sent out closer to the time.
Field & Folk is a year-long series of four seasonal workshops exploring connection to landscape through foraging, natural materials, and creative practice. Taking place at the turning points of the year, each session invites you to step outside, gather from the land, and transform what you find into artwork.
Together, we will walk, forage, and create. You’ll learn how to responsibly gather natural materials, how to work with seasonal plants and found resources, and how to turn them into inks, pigments, and textures for making. Each workshop responds to the unique character of the season, from the wild abundance of summer to the quiet, pared-back palette of winter.
The first half of the workshop is spent outside in a different location each workshop, gathering stories and foraging materials. Bryony will share local folktales with everyone as we spend time absorbing a sense of the place.
The second half is spent in the studio making and creating using the materials gathered. You will get a chance to learn how to make natural inks, create cyanotypes and write creatively responding to your sense of place.
These sessions are open to everyone. No prior experience is needed, just curiosity and a willingness to explore. Whether you come for one workshop or journey through all four, you’ll develop new creative skills while building a deeper, more personal relationship with the landscape around you.
Workshop Leaders
Bryony Good is an artist, writer, and facilitator based in West Yorkshire, and the founder of In a Land. Her practice explores landscape, memory, folklore, and the uncanny, often working at the intersection of photography and writing. Through her workshops, she creates spaces for people to engage creatively with place, encouraging intuitive responses to the land and the stories it holds.
Michaela Lesayova is an artist whose practice centres on working with natural materials and outdoor environments. Her work explores the relationship between people and landscape through foraging, making, and embodied experience. She brings a deep knowledge of natural processes and a sensitive, hands-on approach to creating with materials gathered from the land.
The Workshops
Summer Solstice – Saturday 20 June 2026 (12–5pm) - Hardcastle Crags
An exploration of abundance. We’ll gather wildflowers and herbs such as poppy, dandelion, mint, and lavender, creating vibrant pigments and marks drawn from high summer.
Autumn Equinox – Saturday 19 September 2026 (12–5pm) - Widdop
A slowing into richness and depth. Using walnuts, berries, seeds, and fallen materials, we’ll work with the darker tones and textures of the season.
Winter Solstice – Saturday 19 December 2026 (12–5pm) - Eaves Woods
A quiet, reflective session. We’ll draw colour from dried and repurposed materials, exploring subtle palettes, texture, and the stillness of winter.
Spring Equinox – Saturday 20 March 2027 (12–5pm) - Broadhead Clough
A return to growth and renewal. We’ll forage early leaves, blossoms, and prunings, working with fresh, delicate materials that signal the shift into spring.
£50 per workshop or £175 for all four
No experience necessary but please note these workshops spend at least 2 hours outdoors and involve a short walk as well as being out in the elements. Please ensure you are dressed appropriately. We will meet on location for each workshop, exact details of meeting points will be sent out closer to the time.