Description

Seaweed & Sealing Wax 2, letters from 1812 with botanical art and poetry

Recorded version – Podcast

Release – 9^th February

This podcast was originally part of a live event performed in August 2022 as part of the Ellen Hutchins Festival. The script is devised by performer and writer Karen Minihan and Finola Finlay (Roaringwater Journal) from Ellen’s correspondence with fellow botanist, Dawson Turner. This edited version includes Karen reading extracts from Ellen’s correspondence with context and notes provided by Finola. The poetry is provided by Laura McKenna, poet and writer, from her body of work inspired by the work of Ellen Hutchins and her delight in the landscape that surrounded her. The context for Ellen’s life and knowledge of family history is introduced by her great, great grandniece, Madeline Hutchins.

We have set this podcast to pay as you wish. Any money raised will be used to support the continuation of the Ellen Hutchins Festival.