workshop:

T - Cut/Paste Cacti

with Martijn Baas

1 Jan 4300

During this workshop, you will learn the art of grafting and design a cactus together with Martijn Baas. Grafting is a horticultural technique in which you join multiple plants and make them grow as one. During this workshop, Martijn Baas will teach you the basics of grafting and inspire you to design your own cactus.

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Participant at Cut/Paste Cacti - Participant peeking through a hole in a cactus grafted by Martijn Baas Photo 2021 by Anisa Xhomaqi for Mediamatic Anisa Xhomaqi

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What you will do

During this workshop, our expert grafter Martijn, will tell inspire you to start the practice yourself. You will graft cacti from a selection he assembled. So you'll be able to make your own little creation! We recommend leaving your new baby at Mediamatic for a week for the grafting to be effective.

More about grafting

Grafting is a technique used to join two plants together. It is mostly used to get identical fruit on different fruit trees. The top part of these trees are grafted with shoots of the same mother tree and therefore produce the exact same variety of fruits. The same can be done with cacti. When cacti are grafted, the bottom cactus will influence the flowering and growth time of the top cactus. Cacti from entirely different living environments (desert, snow or jungle) can be grafted together, resulting in a cactus of its own.

Martijn Baas

"What makes grafting cacti unique, is that you have them in the broadest variety of shapes and behaviours you can think of and are still able to join them."
With a background in Product Design, Martijn Baas has specialized in working with Mycelium, cultivating plants, Bonsai and a broad range of plant-shaping techniques. He also has a broad interest in topics like permaculture, analog electronics, game design and composing. He uses grafting as a way to play Dr. Frankenstein.

Tickets

Full price €40 | Discount €28
We give a discount to students, artists and Stadspas holders. If this applies to you we might ask to see your kvk nr/portfolio or student card for this option.

Information

00th of month, 16:00 - 17:30
Attendance limited to 10 people. We maintain a minimum of 5 participants.
Please note that, unless everyone speaks Dutch, this workshop will be held in English.
For questions please e-mail workshop@mediamatic.nl.

We are taking corona safety into account at our workshops.
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Participant grafting cacti - After the Cut/Paste Cacti workshop you get to take your creation home. Photo 2021 by Anisa Xhomaqi for Mediamatic Anisa Xhomaqi

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Martijn Baas at Cut/Paste Cacti - Almost any kind of cacti can be grated into one - Martijn giving some examples.  Photo 2021 by Anisa Xhomaqi for Mediamatic Anisa Xhomaqi

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Participants at Cut/Paste Cacti - Participants selecting cacti to graft at Cut/Paste Cacti workshop Photo 2021 by Anisa Xhomaqi for Mediamatic Anisa Xhomaqi

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A grafted cactus creation - Martijn Baas showing an example of what a grated cactus can look like during his Cut/Paste Cacti workshop. Photo 2021 by Anisa Xhomaqi for Mediamatic Anisa Xhomaqi

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Martijn explaining grafting - Martijn giving his Cut/Paste Cacti workshop Photo 2021 by Anisa Xhomaqi for Mediamatic Anisa Xhomaqi

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Martijn's collection grafted cacti in the Aquaponics greenhouse - Nadine Schütz

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Martijn cutting a branch for grafting - Nadine Schütz

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Grafted cacti by Martijn - Nadine Schütz

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28-09-2018 Martijn Baas explaining cacti - Enten is a technique by which you join plants together. It is usually used to grow identical fruits on different fruit trees. The upper part of these trees is grafted with shoots from the same mother tree and thus produces exactly the same type of fruit. You can do the same with cacti. When cacti are grafted, the lower cactus influences the flowering and growth time of the upper cactus. Cacti lives in different habitats (desert, snow or jungle) and even they can be grafted together and become a… Alice Gimpel

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Participant holding cacti - Alice Gimpel

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Participant working with cacti - Alice Gimpel

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Martijn Baas talking about cacti - Alice Gimpel

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Cindy grafting her own cactus - Anne Lakeman

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Grafting two cacti together -

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Martijn showcasing how to graft a cactus -

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Participants choosing cacti - Alice Gimpel