Madder, Weld and Woad: The Three Primaries AT THE DILSTON PYHSIC GARDEN 4th April
This workshop will be a celebration of these three special plants in the medieval context. A part of the day will be learning about the significance of these plants and how they were used in both artwork creation and the dyeing of fabric many hundreds of years ago. Together these plants create the primary colour trio, red, yellow and blue so we will see how a whole colour spectrum can be achieved from these three initial sources.
During the day there will be demonstrations of some of the methods of how colour was obtained from these plants and methods of turning them into dyes, inks and pigments (inc how to make rose madder and lake weld) with time to experiment with inks and paints made from them.
Participants will go home with a bottle of ink made from each of these colours as well as a colour chart poster to reference each of the colours and the different types of art materials that can be made with them.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is held at The Dilston Physic Garden, Northumberland
https://dilstonphysicgarden.com/
Friday 4th April
10:00am - 3:30pm
£70*
*we have bursary places available on each workshop for people on a low income, please do inquire, we are happy to answer any queries.
*One place is held for anyone living with a chronic condition. This scheme enables people to book in the knowledge that they can cancel on the day of the workshop, and receive a full refund. Please get in touch if you would like more information or to take this place.
Accessibility:
If you would like to book onto the course and have any further questions about any accessibility before doing so, please get in touch, we welcome any questions or queries.
This workshop will be a celebration of these three special plants in the medieval context. A part of the day will be learning about the significance of these plants and how they were used in both artwork creation and the dyeing of fabric many hundreds of years ago. Together these plants create the primary colour trio, red, yellow and blue so we will see how a whole colour spectrum can be achieved from these three initial sources.
During the day there will be demonstrations of some of the methods of how colour was obtained from these plants and methods of turning them into dyes, inks and pigments (inc how to make rose madder and lake weld) with time to experiment with inks and paints made from them.
Participants will go home with a bottle of ink made from each of these colours as well as a colour chart poster to reference each of the colours and the different types of art materials that can be made with them.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is held at The Dilston Physic Garden, Northumberland
https://dilstonphysicgarden.com/
Friday 4th April
10:00am - 3:30pm
£70*
*we have bursary places available on each workshop for people on a low income, please do inquire, we are happy to answer any queries.
*One place is held for anyone living with a chronic condition. This scheme enables people to book in the knowledge that they can cancel on the day of the workshop, and receive a full refund. Please get in touch if you would like more information or to take this place.
Accessibility:
If you would like to book onto the course and have any further questions about any accessibility before doing so, please get in touch, we welcome any questions or queries.
This workshop will be a celebration of these three special plants in the medieval context. A part of the day will be learning about the significance of these plants and how they were used in both artwork creation and the dyeing of fabric many hundreds of years ago. Together these plants create the primary colour trio, red, yellow and blue so we will see how a whole colour spectrum can be achieved from these three initial sources.
During the day there will be demonstrations of some of the methods of how colour was obtained from these plants and methods of turning them into dyes, inks and pigments (inc how to make rose madder and lake weld) with time to experiment with inks and paints made from them.
Participants will go home with a bottle of ink made from each of these colours as well as a colour chart poster to reference each of the colours and the different types of art materials that can be made with them.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is held at The Dilston Physic Garden, Northumberland
https://dilstonphysicgarden.com/
Friday 4th April
10:00am - 3:30pm
£70*
*we have bursary places available on each workshop for people on a low income, please do inquire, we are happy to answer any queries.
*One place is held for anyone living with a chronic condition. This scheme enables people to book in the knowledge that they can cancel on the day of the workshop, and receive a full refund. Please get in touch if you would like more information or to take this place.
Accessibility:
If you would like to book onto the course and have any further questions about any accessibility before doing so, please get in touch, we welcome any questions or queries.