Latest Past Events

    Zine workshop: Monks Walk

    John Muir’s Birthplace 126 High Street, Dunbar

    Saturday 23rd May, 10am-12.30pm Sunday 24th May 2-4pm Explore nature connections and pathways around Dunbar High Street with artist Lynn Fraser (Fantoosh). Enjoy a gentle ‘sketchnoting’ walk on Saturday then use the materials and ideas you have gathered to make a communal fanzine on Sunday. Free but booking required @museumseast@eastlothian.gov.uk.

    Oak Gall Ink drop-in workshop

    John Muir’s Birthplace 126 High Street, Dunbar

    Anna Davis will be offering an introduction to oak gall ink. Come and try your hand at drawing with feather and bamboo pens. Learn about the history and process of making this ancient ink. This is a free drop-in workshop.

    Eco-printing talk with Karin Chipulina

    John Muir’s Birthplace 126 High Street, Dunbar

    Free drop in eco-printing talk as part of the ‘DUIR’ exhibition. "My work includes eco printed cloth, dyed with local leaves from the woods using oak gall mordants, natural fibres, prints using local woodland foraged materials and cloth sewn, dyed and worked on with plant fibre. Within a woodland we can access free materials to... Read More