Shell As Threshold -- Creative Workshop with Yuxin Zhang and Eva Gerretsen
Workshop Description
Have you ever held a shell and wondered what stories it carries?
The tide, the city, the hands that once touched it......each layer holds a quiet memory.
In this creative workshop, we write, draw, and collage with oyster shells gathered from London's oyster bars, giving new life to what once belonged to the sea. Participants will be invited to explore the oyster's story as a reflection of human and natural resilience. Through shared words and sounds, we create small poems together. This will be a moment of care, collaboration, and transformation.
A gentle space for those who love collecting, creating, and making friends, where every oyster shell becomes a threshold between land and water, memory and imagination.
Artist Bio
Yuxin Zhang
Creative workshop facilitator and curator working with collage and everyday materials to explore stories of community, city life, and connections across cultures, focusing on how art can bring people together through small acts of care and belonging.
Instagram: @sammiiizhang
Eva Gerretsen
Writer and creative facilitator interested in exploring cultural heritage and multi species co-existence through creative methods. Open for collaborations and commissions.
Instagram: @evagrrrrrrrrrr
More Information
This is an art workshop happening on 29th of November, 2025 as a part of the new Muddy Mudlarks Art Collective (Instagram @muddymudlarks) month long exhibition (from November 2nd to 30th) named Mattress of a Cave that celebrates the power of community and alternative ways of living.
The venue of the exhibition and workshops is Torriano Meeting House, a community space with a focus on community poetry reading and community art.
Torriano Meeting House
99 Torriano Avenue
kentish town
NW5 2RX
(One of their regular events is Poetry Readings that are held every Sunday 7-9pm, feel free to join through their website at: https://torriano.org/whats-on)
