NOTE August - sadly the Bathing Beauty Festival won't have our salt making demo. artsNK discovered that they could only pay Heritage Lincolnshire a total of £1,000 for their contribution - which included our participation - which they couldn't stretch to cover the costs of four people, materials and travel expenses, so they had to decline to participate. Shame, as it sounded like a good event. But, the artist who is the salt arch will still be there. Obviously they pay artists more money than archaeologists! or he works really cheaply!!
You will still find us at the Middlewich Roman Festival over the following weekend though.
Bathing Beauties Festival - the longest linear coastal arts festival in Europe 16-17-18 Sept 2011
We will be making salt with Heritage Lincolnshire alongside the artNK installation on Sat 17 Sept using replica ceramic salt pans discovered at Ingoldmells.
artsNK - Structures on the Edge
artsNK are an innovative arts development team based in the South of the county, working on the follow up project to the original Bathing Beauties Beach Huts commissions, a series of new public art works, Structures on the Edge.
Visit their space on the promenade for a range of fun activities from making salt to wind socks, musical instruments to salt installations, inspired by the artists designs;
A dramatic wind tower that draws in the sound and power of the wind and a seaside space created out of Salt.
To quote their brochure "Salt Licks acts therefore as an ante-chamber that allows one to leave the mental and social space of the journey behind for another more contemplative space in closer connection with nature."
Bathing Beauties Festival
The Roman Middlewich Festival MMXI 24-25 Sept 2011
We will be salt making alongside the Ermine Street Guard demonstrations.
More info to follow.
Roman Middlewich Festival MMXI
