We spent a glorious morning in Poole Harbour last week, foraging for seaweed with fisherman Pete Miles. The trip was for one of the \’Meet the Maker\’ podcasts that we\’re producing for LUSH cosmetics who use the weed in their face masks. Fascinating to find out all about \’toothed wrack\’ (pictured) against a rich sonic background of Brownsea Island sandwich terns, splashing water, engine noises and seagulls.
This is the first in a series of ‘Meet the Maker’ podcasts that we are producing for LUSH cosmetics, in collaboration with Cathy Haynes. The aim is to give a sensory rich insight into the craft of making.
Here, we follow Master Paper Maker Gary Fuller at Frogmore Mill, Apsley as he produces a new kind of packaging paper using banana fibre. When the machines were rolling the Mill was incredibly noisy! The challenge for us was both to capture Gary’s voice as cleanly as possibly, and to record and mix in the mechanical sounds so as to give the listener the feeling of being inside the Mill as the paper was being made.
The podcast is available to listen to on the LUSH player.
A fascinating day last week listening to the hums, ticks and whistles of a 100 year old paper-making machine at Frogmore Mill, Apsley. We were there to interview master paper maker Gary Fuller as he produced a special ream of packaging paper from banana fibre. It\’s for the first in a series of \’Meet the Maker\’ podcasts that we are producing for LUSH cosmetics, about their suppliers.
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This is one in a series of ten podcasts that we produced about a newly commissioned children’s opera by composer Kate Whitley and writer Sabrina Mahfouz. The podcasts follow the production of the opera Paws & Padlocks, from writing and fundraising through to rehearsals and the final performance. You can listen to all ten podcasts in the series on Soundcloud.
Paws & Padlocks was commissioned by Blackheath Halls with support from the Arts Council England and a number of other charitable trusts. It premiered at the Blackheath Halls in April 2017. You’ll find more information on the Blackheath Halls website.
This short podcast introduces The London Ear: one of the surprising London walks led by Dotmaker Tours. We produced podcasts for each of the walks for Dotmaker Tours to post on their website and publicise by social media.
For more information about Dotmaker Tours visit www.dotmakertours.co.uk.
We produced this podcast to document the fourth New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival. The volunteer-run festival featured 52 films shown at 18 venues over ten days from 24 April to 3 May.
For more about the festival visit https://www.facebook.com/nxdfff. For more about Free Film Festivals – the community group that promotes free film screenings in community venues – visit http://www.freefilmfestivals.org.
New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival 2015 by Tickertape Productions on Mixcloud
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This short podcast for Dotmaker Tours features artist and curator Cathy Haynes introducing the new guided walk that she will be leading in 2015: A Genius Tour. We produced the podcast as a news piece for Dotmaker Tours to post on their website, announce in their newsletter, and publicise by social media.
For more information about Dotmaker Tours visit www.dotmakertours.co.uk.
This is the fourth in a series of podcasts about Creative Roots: Nine Elms. It features youth worker Kerry Astin (FAST), artist Jheni Arboine and young people on the Patmore Estate. We hear them talk about the area, the work that Jheni has been doing to add colour to the Thessaly Road wall, and possibilities for future work projects involving the young people in the area.
For more information about Creative Roots visit creativeroots.co. For more information about FAST visit fast-london.org.
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This is the third in a series of podcasts about the Creative Roots project in London’s Nine Elms redevelopment area. It opens with Helen Evans of Covent Market Garden Authority describing the changes to Thessaly Road expected in about four years time, including the demolition of the wall that separates the market from neighbouring estates. Artist Lisa Cheung then talks about how the Creative Roots project has used the wall as a calling card to get local people involved. A bright mural has been added, and people have posted poems and ideas.
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This is the second in a series of podcasts documenting the Creative Roots project in London’s Nine Elms redevelopment area. It covers an alternative garden party that was held in the Savona Estate on Sunday 17 August 2014. The recording opens with artist Lisa Cheung describing how the day went. We then hear from those involved in activities ranging from ice-cream making to spray painting T-shirts. Those present share their ideas for how to make the area more interesting. For more information about Creative Roots visit http://creativeroots.co.
