Wild INKS
In this 3 days explorative workshop we will rediscover our gardens foraging for wild hidden colours, make botanical inks, and explore drawing with natural materials. Ink making is a slow process, it involves patience, but like everything that's done with time and care the results can be surprising and captivating. It starts with the adventure of finding the colours around your area, it involves your curiosity and attention to your environment. And, by the end of the process you will have an entire landscape into little bottles.
TIME_ 3 days, 2 hours each session
TIME_ 3 days, 2 hours each session
Course Content
Day 1_ We will rediscover our local gardens while foraging for wild colour and learning about botanical inks.
Introduction
Day 2_ We will explore the ground rules of natural ink making, share the basic recipe and explore the different thickeners and binders.
Colour extraction
Day 3_ On the last day we will explore drawing with the materials we have made.
Play with colours
Introduction
- Colours harvesting
- Sterilizing
- Water
Day 2_ We will explore the ground rules of natural ink making, share the basic recipe and explore the different thickeners and binders.
Colour extraction
- Making Ink method
- Materials
- Basic recipe
- Thickeners and binders
- Colour modifiers
Day 3_ On the last day we will explore drawing with the materials we have made.
Play with colours