Colborne Street Gallery presents Opening Reception & Demonstration - "Cast-Off: Botanical Casts of Overlooked Species" by Rebecca Fortin

Rebecca Fortin explores the resilience of "weeds" through the tactile art of botanical casting. By pressing living plants into wet clay and fossilizing their impressions in plaster, she invites viewers to reconsider the cultural disdain surrounding these species. These works are finished with natural pigments created in the artist's own kitchen, allowing the subtle hues gifted by the plants to transform the casts into quiet monuments of survival. The exhibition runs until June. During the opening reception, Fortin will demonstrate her artistic process and will also share her process for finishing each piece using natural dyes, which she prepares from botanicals grown in her garden or sustainably sourced in the wild.

For more information visit https://colbornegallery.ca/show/colborne-street-gallery-cast-off-botanical-casts-of-overlooked-species.