Julia Lohmann spent her residency based at Messums Studios in Wiltshire creating a seaweed sculpture installation that was the centrepiece of our Tideline exhibition. As part of the residency, she delivered a free seaweed workshop, teaching children and adults from the local community how to make a seaweed brooch to take home.

Julia Lohmann investigates and critiques the ethical and material value systems underpinning our relationship with flora and fauna. She is Professor of Practice in Contemporary Design at Aalto University, Helsinki, where she also lives.