This project aims to bring fresh life to historic archives through artistic research focusing on the natural dye and textile collections of Hope MacDougall at Dunollie Museum, Castle and Grounds in Oban.

This is an international collaboration between Oban-based textile artist Deborah Gray, Irish artist Lyndsey McDougall, and Oban-based Japanese curator Naoko Mabon. It brings full-circle the Oban-Ireland exchange they initiated in 2024 titled Nettle Circle (International), which involved Ireland visit by Deborah and Naoko and exchanging naturally dyed or locally woven materials to make embroidery with participants and share skills/stories of two different yet deeply connected locations.

Re-searching Natural Colours of Argyll is an international part in the 2025 season of EcoCreative Cluster, a project focusing on natural dyes, pigments and the use of natural materials in art and craft, which was initiated in 2021 by The Rockfield Centre in Oban with Deborah and Naoko as co-leads.

More activities to follow – stay tuned!

The team from Torry Ecomuseum Project will share their experience and perspective in the online forum of UK & Ireland Ecomuseums in Practice 2023. This event is free and open for all. For more info and to book a ticket, please click here.

Come join us for the exhibition, Celtic Colours: Exploring Local Language through Natural Dyes and Pigments

5 Feb-2 Apr 2023
Open everyday 10am-4pm
Silver Birch Gallery at The Rockfield Centre, Oban

Launch Event: Saturday 4th February, 6pm-8pm

Dathan Ceilteach: A’ Rannsachadh Cànain an Àite tro Dhathan is Lithean Nàdarra

Cinn-là an Taisbeanaidh: Didòmhnaich 5 Gearran gu Didòmhnaich 2 Giblean
Àite: Gailearaidh na Beithe; Ionad Achadh na Creige, An t-Òban
Fosgailte 10m. gu 4f., A h-uile latha

Tachartas fosglaidh: Disathairne 4 Gearran, 6f. gu 8.f

The hot-off-the-press “The Rock Cycle (Yamaguchi)” artist book has been arrived. Thank you very much for a beautiful design Gabriel Durnan at Graphical House who also designed our previous “Geologic Intimacy (Yo no Hana)” book.

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Snap from the field workshop led by Keijiro Suzuki. At Akiyoshidai Plateau in Mine City of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. On the 24th of February in 2019, 3-4pm. As part of Ilana Halperin: The Rock Cycle (Yamaguchi) project

WAGON is delighted to announce that, together with the Yamaguchi-based artist Keijiro Suzuki, we have launched a new relational community project Attempts in Nameless Days × WAGON. The first task is: ”Take a picture of the full moon and share it”. Please feel free to participate by sharing your full moon photo here.

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Naoko Mabon has been invited to contribute an essay to the catalogue of Lange Arme, kurze Beine, the solo exhibition of Berlin-based artist Christine Streuli at Kunstmuseum Thun in Switzerland.

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WAGON in partnership with Peacock Visual Arts is thrilled to present an evening of presentation and conversation with Manami Sato from Shimizusawa Project in Yubari, Japan and Dr Leslie Mabon from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

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We are delighted to announce about our new publication ‘In Praise of Shadows: Atsuo Hukuda & Alan Johnston’.

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The sixth and the final on-site photo report by BEPPU PROJECT is now up.
第6回目、そして最終回となる現地レポートがBEPPU PROJECTさんより届きました。

To view the photo report #6, please click here.