Workshop: Waterways

Please join us for a workshop with our featured artist Jean Gillespie inspired by her exhibition Waterways: mapping wetlands

In this workshop we will fold and create our own concertina books and delve further into Jean’s process by using plant based dyes to print in our concertina books using leaves and other natural forms.

We will explore the myriad of colours that can be achieved using dyes such as madder, indigo and weld and how these can be altered using mordants.

We will look at plants, flowers, stem, bark and root in fresh, dried and powdered form and be shown as a group how to make our own ink which we will then bottle and label.

As a group we will then be given the chance to select leaves to print in our very own concertina books.

All materials provided. Timings include a half hour lunch break. Suitable for Adults 18+