IWD2024

We’re intrigued to find out more about the way SCOBYs can be used artistically. We’d love you to take part in the experiment, by taking a SCOBY home, nourishing it with memories and tea, then using it – or its water – in your art or craft, or even a living SCOBY-world…

The Gloucestershire SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast) is a one-of-a-kind, living art installation. In the autumn, contemporary textile artist Monica C. LoCascio will hold a performative harvesting. The repetitive, dirty and smelly nature of SCOBY harvesting will reflect, in real terms, the working conditions of the historic textile industry.