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Join us for the launch of Body Bound, a collaboration between CLIMAVORE and ATLAS Arts, featuring Miriam Brett from Common Wealth.
Coastal environments have provided materials such as seashells, shell-lime and seaweeds for millennia, which have been used for the construction of roads, foundations, floors, walls, and roof technologies within Skye and beyond. The development of these novel techniques is of growing importance, as they use materials with a minimal carbon footprint providing alternatives to cement. CLIMAVORE is recuperating and repurposing local food waste to develop a new composite material, with the aim of developing building and interior materials using products from the coast of Skye made almost entirely from waste seashells.
Working with Ewan Thompson and Martin Macpherson, CLIMAVORE have created seashell terrazzo tiles from crushed oyster, mussel and scallop shells, and shell-based lime. These unique waste tiles will be presented to our restaurant partners.
The event will also feature guest speaker Miriam Brett, from Common Wealth, who will talk about future ownership possibilities of our coast. Common Wealth is a think tank for the future concerned with the steady and irreversible replacement of today’s unequal, extractive economy with one where freedom, solidarity, and dignity are a universal inheritance.
Dulse soup, seaweed scones and light refreshments will be served.
If you have any specific dietary requirements or access requirements please let us know via info@atlasarts.org.uk.
Please register through eventbrite so we can confirm numbers and ensure a covid-safe environment.
This event has been supported by Highland Communities Coastal Fund, Gaia Art Foundation and The National Lottery Community Fund.