Artist Workshop- Plant Sensibilia Machine Performance from Rebecca Mayo - 6TTT Nature Machine

Name: Artist Workshop- Plant Sensibilia Machine Performance from Rebecca Mayo - 6TTT Nature Machine
Start: 2026-09-19T10:00:00+1000
End: 2026-09-19T16:00:00+1000
Location: Gallery Forecourt

Sat, 19 Sep, 10am - 4pm AEST

Gallery Forecourt

Tamworth NSW, Australia

Tamworth Regional Gallery

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Plant Sensibilia Machine Performance
With Rebecca Mayo - part of 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial - Nature Machine

Saturday 19 September 10am-4pm
Gallery Forecourt

Join artist Rebecca Mayo for an interactive performance of the Plant Sensibilia Machine, a large-scale hand-operated natural dyeing machine that brings textile-making out of the studio and into the public realm.

Drawing on both contemporary and historic dyeing processes, the machine invites audiences to participate in the creation of naturally dyed textiles. Lengths of fabric, pre-printed with metal salts known as mordants, are rotated through a dye bath infused with plant-based pigments. As the fabric moves through the system, colour develops and hidden images and text gradually emerge through the interaction of plant molecules, water, heat and mordants.

Through sight, smell and touch, visitors can experience the material processes of natural dyeing while exploring connections between people, plants and place. Audience members are invited to turn the handle, move the fabric through the machine and witness the transformation unfold in real time.

Rebecca Mayo's practice uses plant-based dyes and printmaking to address plant blindness and encourage deeper engagement with the living environment. Plant Sensibilia Machine offers a unique opportunity to experience collaborative, site-responsive textile making while reflecting on ecological relationships, care and sustainability.

Workshop Details

Plant Sensibilia Machine Performance with Rebecca Mayo
Saturday 19 September
Gallery Forecourt
10am-4pm

Duration: 6 hours
Cost: Free
Suitable for: All ages, families, textile enthusiasts, artists, makers, students, and anyone interested in plants, natural dyeing and environmental sustainability.
Bookings: No bookings required.

This workshop is part of the Tamworth Textile Triennial - Nature Machine.

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For over 100 years, Tamworth Regional Gallery has provided access to the arts in a regional centre. The Gallery first opened on 1 June 1919 as the Tamworth Art Salon and Art Library. It was established with a gift of 100 artworks and art reference books by the local artist and collector John Salvana ‘to encourage art in the country’.

. Salvana believed in providing an art gallery where young children and those with an interest might be encouraged to study art and to learn from viewing original works at first hand.

Education continues to be a key focus of the Gallery to this day. Tamworth Regional Gallery is ideally located in the heart of Tamworth’s CBD on Peel Street, close to shops, parking and the new riverside precinct.

The Gallery offers a rotating program of touring exhibitions of national significance, alongside curated exhibitions of works by regional artists and exhibitions from our permanent collection.

Every year, Tamworth Regional Gallery delivers a rich and varied series of workshops, lectures, artist talks, events and engaging public programs.

The Gallery houses purpose-built exhibition spaces, conservation collection storage, a retail shop, the Esther Halliday Studio and a research library, and is a fully accessible space. Tamworth Regional Gallery is the result of over 100 years of sustained support from our community, alongside forward planning and investment by Tamworth Regional Council.
Tamworth is a regional city that supports a surrounding area of towns and outlying villages. The Gallery, too, provides support for both regional and remote communities in outlying areas. We embrace our location in a diverse cultural landscape, and our responsibility to deliver to our public as part of a close community.

We aim to be inclusive, and to genuinely and actively engage with our communities. The Gallery seeks to foster, promote and enhance understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts through its permanent collection, temporary exhibitions and public programs.