Botanical ink workshop with artist Carolyn Morton

Join artist Carolyn Morton for a unique opportunity to make botanical inks in the community garden at Boundary Way Allotments

About this event

Join us at Boundary Way in early Spring to spend an afternoon exploring colour in the natural world. Connecting to the British Art Show’s theme of ‘tactics for togetherness’ we will work with wild plant communities to make botanical inks.

We're delighted that Carolyn, 'Camo' Morton will be visiting us on site at Boundary Way following her Virtual sessions with Boundary Way Project during lockdown. Carolyn is a Birmingham based participatory artist who works with natural materials and uses her allotment as a rich resource for her work, you can find out more about her work via her website www.camostudio.org

Learn about:

• the range of methods to extract colour from plants

• how to modify or change the colour of inks

• working sustainably with the natural world

This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in finding out more about making ink from plants, no previous experience is necessary. All materials and equipment will be provided.

Please arrive at 1.30pm to allow time to set up ready for a 2pm start.

Dress to explore the allotments’ outdoor community areas. The workshop will take place undercover in a large polytunnel.

The workshop costs £25 (plus booking fee) and places must be reserved in advance. This fee is a special price for this session only made possible thanks to support from Creative Black Country and Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage.

This workshop is part of Offsite 9 a community programme supporting the British Art Show 9 a contemporary art exhibition currently being hosted by Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Wolverhampton University's School of Art.