Bridge to the future: Open Weekend at Trinity Buoy Wharf

Join us for a weekend of arts, workshops, exhibitions, music and open studios on June 18th & 19th! Grab yourself a bite to eat and a glass of wine from The Orchard Café and enjoy arts at our picturesque riverside location.

Glassblowing with Fitzrovia Noir (both days): Learn how to design and form hot glass using an upcycled furnace, with professional glassblowers. Suitable for ages 12+. Created works need to be annealed overnight in a kiln, so can be collected next day. Book your free space HERE.

Pottery with Art Craft Studios (both days): If you've ever wanted to give pottery a go, but weren't sure how to approach it, Art Craft Studios will be hosting a variety of clay workshops from creating handmade ceramics to the pottery wheel. Book your free space HERE.

Workshops with The Prince's Foundation:

• Basic Introduction to Book Binding on Saturday June 18th: Make an experimental instant book structure with hard covers or Japanese bindings with soft covers. No need to book- just turn up!
• Photographic Collage on Sunday June 19th: explore collage techniques on a miniature scale, by making your own 35mm negatives and then enlarge these using a traditional slide projector. No need to book- just turn up!
  

Workshops with The Line

The Line will be running drop-in workshops from 11am to 5pm (excluding 2-2.30pm) on both days. Inspired by Rana Begum’s work No.1104 Catching Colour, participants will have an opportunity to make colourful cloud mobiles.

Bridges to a Connected Future (both days): The area bounded by the river Lea and the river Thames though attractive are blighted by a lack of connectivity. Access is blocked by rivers and roads and railways making simple journeys complicated. This lack of connectivity can and will be repaired by the proposed Lea River bridges. The models of the bridges to a Connected Future that will be on display at Trinity Buoy Wharf on the 18th and 19th of June will illustrate the route to a better world.

Andrew Baldwin’s moving sculptures (both days): The collection is made up predominantly of kinetic sculptures created in a range of metals. Andrew's show is an eclectic collection of pieces, each with its own story and inspiration. Among the exhibited sculptures are “Houses”, inspired by the cuts to funding for homeless charities following the banking crisis in 2008, and “Lerwick Horn”, which evokes memories of the foggy conditions Andrew experienced whilst sailing in the North Sea in his hand-built yacht Scary Mary 1. One of his latest works, “The Angel “, is Andrew’s take on flying inspired by his fascination with ornithopters and flight.

Bart Janssen sculptures (both days): Bart Janssen is a portrait sculptor. He is interested in creating human presence in inert material, starting with clay, ending with bronze. Janssen sculpts “from life” as he believes that personal impressions, conversation, mood are important ingredients to a good portrait. In his sculpture he often represents groups of people that are not typically represented in classical portrait sculpture. This year’s exhibition at TBW will include, inter alia, portraits from the Londoners series, and a few portraits of the Windrush series of portraits.

J D Fox sculptures (both days): exhibition of stacked glazed ceramic sculptures. J.D. Fox is a sculptor who previously specialised in bronze-casting and metalwork. Around 2010 he started to use clay, with a combination of modelling, coiling and slab techniques, to make glazed ceramic objects.

Trinity Art Studios (both days): Exhibition of paintings and illustrations from the artists and friends at Trinity Art Studios. Painters: Sarah Ray Dobson and Ian Robert Felton, and illustrators: Alexandra Leda Green and Max MK.

Sunday June 19th at 11am: Join The Big Draw team and artist Jeanette Barnes for a drawing session around the site and the local area. Comfy shoes and an explorer's spirit are essential- all ages welcome. Book your free space HERE.

Sunday June 19th at 1.30pm: learn about the history of the site and tour locations usually not accessible to the public. No need to book, just turn up- meet by the Lighthouse

Joanne Forest (both days): Joanne Forrest is a British mixed media artist, based in the practice of sculpture; focusing her work on the found object and materiality. Forrest’s work is grounded in the ancient Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, of finding beauty in imperfection and accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. Forrest embraces the concept of ephemerality and accelerates the devolution of materials through manipulation and alchemical processes.

James Cook (both days): Cook is a British artist that creates drawings using old typewriters. From small commissions to drawings made of 100,000 characters, James has produced close to 100 pieces of work on his collection of 30 typewriters. His work has been featured on BBC News, Sky News, guested on ITV's Good Morning Britain as well as various media outlets.

Sculpture Studio (both days): exhibits from local artists working in wood: Roli Ross and Jim Jack

Ross Baldwin & Peter O'Hanlon (both days): meet the artists constructing and decorating a Flemish-style harpsichord

Sunday June 19th: featuring musicians from Sirlute and Arch1, enjoy a day of music entertainment from emerging and seasoned musicians at The Chain Store venue. The line up includes: House of Women, Norika, LMR, Emily Lynn, Courtney, Husky, Robert Clarke, Melvin Ashong, Kieron Boothe and Musa2

Saturday and Sunday: Built in 1864, the Lighthouse was used to experiment and develop lighting equipment for the Trinity House network of lighthouses, lightships and buoys. It was the place where the scientist Michael Faraday conducted his optical experiments, and was also a vital resource for the training of lighthouse personnel. No need to book, just turn up!