Natural Ink-making Workshop
Saturday 27th September 10am-2pm
£50 per ticket (price includes lunch in An Nead Cafe)
The natural world around us offers so many beautiful colours and tones! Join Helen Woolston from Studio Kompost for this workshop where you'll learn how to create water-based inks from foraged berry and plant material, and have a look at different approaches to take depending on the type of material used. You’ll try a variety of mark-making techniques to test out the possibilities of these colours, and build up a series of colour swatches which can be used for reference for future art projects.
Natural ink making is an ongoing process of experimentation, discovery and wonder. You will notice that your living inks change over time, and can be quite wonderfully unpredictable!
About Helen (Studio Kompost):
I primarily work in the media of stop-motion, hand-drawn and experimental animation, though my work also involves drawing, printmaking, puppetry and photography.I am a keen advocate of finding creative inspiration from the outdoors and I like to consider how artwork can relate to the natural environment, via material use or themes. I also work and volunteer for habitat restoration organisations, and find this is a beneficial way to directly link my creative work to the natural world.
In 2022, Studio Kompost was commissioned to make an animation for Trees for Life, using natural inks made from native Highland plants. The resulting film is shown daily at the Dundreggan Rewilding Centre.
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Saturday 27th September 10am-2pm
£50 per ticket (price includes lunch in An Nead Cafe)
The natural world around us offers so many beautiful colours and tones! Join Helen Woolston from Studio Kompost for this workshop where you'll learn how to create water-based inks from foraged berry and plant material, and have a look at different approaches to take depending on the type of material used. You’ll try a variety of mark-making techniques to test out the possibilities of these colours, and build up a series of colour swatches which can be used for reference for future art projects.
Natural ink making is an ongoing process of experimentation, discovery and wonder. You will notice that your living inks change over time, and can be quite wonderfully unpredictable!
About Helen (Studio Kompost):
I primarily work in the media of stop-motion, hand-drawn and experimental animation, though my work also involves drawing, printmaking, puppetry and photography.I am a keen advocate of finding creative inspiration from the outdoors and I like to consider how artwork can relate to the natural environment, via material use or themes. I also work and volunteer for habitat restoration organisations, and find this is a beneficial way to directly link my creative work to the natural world.
In 2022, Studio Kompost was commissioned to make an animation for Trees for Life, using natural inks made from native Highland plants. The resulting film is shown daily at the Dundreggan Rewilding Centre.
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