Becoming-with Furze: How a human might collaborate with an unwanted plant

This event is part of the site-specific work, FURZE: Fuel, Fodder, Thatch, Tools, Toys

Shane Finan will bring the audience on a walk through the local furze to speak about how to recognise the plant's features, and how to work with it. Shane will show how he speaks to the plant, and how he tries to respect it in his process. 

He will show ways to spot more workable branches, methods for protecting yourself from the spines, and processes he has developed for creating artistic materials (tempera, pigment, charcoal). 

Together the group will learn some basic fence-making techniques using from cut lengths of the plant.

This event is part of the FURZE: Fuel, Fodder, Thatch, Tools, Toys a multiform, site-specific work conceived by Shane Finan encompassing new art works, object making, research, audience engagement and workshops. It takes place offsite at Knockree Hostel, Lackandarragh Upper, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, A98 R2Y9.