Interactive Coral Restoration & Education workshop, for Horniman Museum & Gardens, London
OVERVIEW
A participatory weaving workshop designed for the Horniman Lates event at the Horniman Museum & Gardens, around the theme of Coral bleaching and its reversal. Fostering awareness amongst the audience through participatory learning & engagement.
MY ROLE
Research, workshop methodology development alongside my colleague Nina
TOOLS
Weaving, material handling, yarn
EVENT DATE
5th & 6th June 2025
The Brief:
How can we engage the public on climate issues with positive feelings and experiences rather than provoking anxiety?
A collaboration between the Royal College of Art and the Horniman Museum, wherein designers were asked to devise an interactive installation or experience that educates audiences on Coral Health. The Horniman Museum has world class research on Corals under their ongoing research project titled: Project Coral.
​After an application process me and my collegue Nina Strzeszewska were selected for our concept: Spectrum of the Reef
Concept:
A Data-Visualisation Weaving Workshop - After conducting the research, we have decided on multiple data points, such as the process of coral bleaching, from healthy to dead, bleaching affects by region, ocean temperature, bleaching consequences, or ways of reversing coral bleaching.
Coral restoration project. How did the trends change from 2017 to 2025
Workshop flow-
Audience is intrigued by the workshop space
An ice-breaker board, which is essentially a data-string activity enquires their knowledge of coral bleaching
This leads to an ideal weaving template
they are directed to the workshop table layed out with weaving material & tools
We show them how to weave & follow the template
they are directed to the workshop table layed out with weaving material & tools
they may choose to finish a weaving piece or continue onto a previous one
Once a piece is ready we help them attach it onto the comunity installation
