Artist Talk | Sangeeta Sandrasegar | at Fed Square

Artist talk with Sangeeta Sandrasegar and Heather Thomas 

On Saturday 13 September, join us in the Atrium to hear from artist Sangeeta Sandrasegar and natural dye specialist Heather Thomas about the ideas behind the work and the process of using plant material to create colour dyes. 

I ragazzi dei millefiori: the flow’rs of song and story is a new artwork exploring ideas of migration and the storied history of plants and colour by artist Sangeeta Sandrasegar, made in collaboration with natural dye expert Heather Thomas. 

Suspended from the ceiling in the open space of the Atrium, the work comprises panels of silk organza and cotton coloured with plant dyes derived from madder root, eucalyptus leaves, and weld and marigold flowers, among others. 

The work explores the ways in which we have related to flowers and plants throughout history, and how cultural connection is embedded in stories of plants within narratives of migration, hybridity and identity.