Roadside Magic – folk-making workshop with Libby Bove 

Wednesday 3 June, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Turner Contemporary

Stretching out over a nebulous historical timeline, drawing on documentary and archival presentation, Roadside Magic sits in a place between fact and fiction; imagining another Albion, where plant knowledge, ritual and mechanics work as one.

Artist Libby Bove will talk about her creative practice and the continuing journey of mythmaking and collaboration, with The Museum of Roadside Magic. The talk will be followed by a hands on workshop, with plenty of time for questions and discussion.  

Come along and make your very own roadside clay figure – Using raw clay, wildflower seeds & foraged foliage.

A practice is undertaken by the Guardians of the Roadways – The Mysterious Brydes of Tacho. As the clay begins to disintegrate in the rain, wildflower seeds will sprout, ensuring that the verges always bloom with plant life for every kind of remedy. Get inspired by some of the Roadlore archetypes depicted within the museum display, or create your own new folk.

Libby Bove is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and folklorist. Her work is centred around ideas which reposition folk custom and magical practice back at the forefront of daily life. Drawing on archival methodologies and documentary, her work slips between fact and fiction. By employing traditional craft processes, plausibility is woven into constructed myths; transposing ideas of ancient customs, traditions and rituals into incongruous contemporary settings, non-existent pasts, and speculative future landscapes.

This event is organised by OSE Associates Milly Aburrow and Imogen Naomi Herd, and is part of Towards the Edges, Open School East’s Public Programme 2026 – find more events: openschooleast.org/public-programme-2026