Natural Art Material Making Workshop

Service Description

Join me for a half day workshop learning simple processes for making botanical non-toxic inks, sustainable watercolour paints & liquid charcoal for creative projects! We will be working with locally sourced organic materials including garden plants, ethically foraged wild plants & food waste. The goal of my studio and my practice is to have as little impact on the environment at possible - which includes eliminating toxins/chemical run off when I wash my brushes. The labels on store-bought paints produced on mass never provide us with information about how something was made, the origin of raw materials, who produced it and under which conditions, what it contains, and what impact it had on our environment during the manufacturing process! I constantly found myself questioning the ethics behind my materials which is why I started making my own and really hung to the connection I was making to my surroundings in the process. In this workshop we will cover making: Botanical Inks: Natural Inks are a fantastic eco-friendly, non-toxic alternative to petroleum based inks. These can be used for drawing, writing and painting. Liquid Charcoal: Liquid Charcoal is my new favourite drawing medium.. It can be made easily at home with charred plant matter. Each will give a slightly different black tone. Liquid charcoal has a consistency similar to gouache but can be watered down to give different shades and structures. It has the appearance of a charcoal drawing upon drying, it’s malleable and easy to move, is a great dust-free alternative to Charcoal.. and it’s completely Vegan. Watercolour Paint: Watercolour paint is paint made from dry pigment mixed with a binder (Gum Arabic). Natural Pigments can be found everywhere, with many of these hues originating from the earth itself: the rich tones of soil, clay, sand, or stone. Materials and refreshments provided, please contact me directly with any allergies ie. Peanuts. **I have one space at a reduced rate available for a student or low-income participant. Again please contact me directly via email to enquire. Accessibility - If you would like to book onto the course and have any questions about any accessibility before doing so, please do not hesitate to get in touch.