A joyful explosion of colour: Crown Paints collaborates with Morag Myerscough for National Festival of Making.

Now in its ninth year, the National Festival of Making brings together works by globally renowned artists.

This is in addition to a huge programme of more than 100 workshops, artist talks, performances, markets and music.

Over the weekend, Blackburn town centre, in Lancashire, UK, became a riot of colour, activity, and excitement, with people of all ages coming together to "experience something new and creative".

Visitors to the town centre had already seen a brand-new, eye-catching mural begin to take shape in recent weeks in the run-up to the festival's opening - now a firm fixture in the national cultural calendar.

The Art in Manufacturing piece by artist Morag Myerscough - known for her work at Coachella and the Paris Olympics - was inspired by Blackburn’s Corporation Park and was created in collaboration with Material Source Studio Partner, Crown Paints.

The new permanent mural, titled Floral Timekeepers, and large-scale pollinator-friendly planters, are a 'natural meeting point' between Myerscough and Crown, drawing attention to the artist’s passion for re-greening the public realm and creating a visually arresting home for nature.

Art in Manufacturing is the festival’s headline commissioning programme, and it was recently shortlisted for the Global Arts Prize by the Global leaders Institute for Arts Innovation.

This year’s line-up also included Matter at hand, the design studio of Lewis Jones, co-founder of the Turner Prize-winning Assemble Collective in collaboration with Darwen Terracotta, and Liaqat Rasul with Herbert Parkinson (a John Lewis partner).

Further content from the event will be shared on the National Festival of Making’s social accounts over the coming days and weeks - find out more here.

And to discover more about Crown Paints' full spectrum of colourful paint solutions, visit Material Source Studio Manchester & Glasgow where it is a Partner.