Making Ecosystems

Join V&A East for a day out to explore ecology and making in Walthamstow. Walk, make, eat and go behind-the-scenes with creative studios around Blackhorse Lane. Brought to you by our back2back programme.

+44 (0)20 7942 2000
  • Saturday, 1 February 2025

  • Switchboard Studios, 212A Blackhorse Ln, London, E17 6AD

  • Free event

Making Ecosystems photo
Discover how creatives in Walthamstow are taking local action on pressing global environmental issues and rethinking the impact of design and making.
 
Get involved in free hands-on workshops, open studio visits and local walks. Meet the makers, tour studios around Blackhorse Lane and learn how to forage for local plants and reuse ‘waste’ materials.
 
Learn new skills from dyeing to welding and see prototypes of pioneering design projects.
 
In a place where high streets meet wetlands and marshes, we invite you to explore urgent debates around sustainable practice, equity and our relationship with nature in the city. 
 
Come together over food with The Gleaners Café to reflect on what ecosystems can be and the strategies needed to build thriving communities of making in the city.
 
The day will feature workshops and installations from Colour of Saying, Renata Minoldo, Indigo Garden London, Blackhorse Lane Ateliers, Blackhorse Workshop, WAX Atelier and more.
 
Keep an eye on this page for further updates ahead of the event.
 
Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art
Header image: Indigo Garden London (c) Illya Sobtchak