Join Nicole Dupree for an afternoon of creative play and exploration with small-batch, natural, handcrafted supplies from the Indigo in Green Studio Apothecary. Experiment with natural dyes for paper, botanical inks, earth pigment crayons, and handmade watercolors. Each material holds stories of connection with place, plants, and communities of Philly. Everyone will create a collection of works on paper using materials that are rooted in nature and crafted by hand.
November 9th from 1 PM to 3:30 PM
Members $65 Non Members $95
Nicole Duprée is a teaching artist, founder of Ampersand Textile & Design, and producer of Indigo in Green. Ampersand botanical drawing inks, handbound nature journals, and other natural, handcrafted creative supplies can be found in shops across Philadelphia including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Bartram’s Garden.
Students should bring: An apron or wear studio clothes that may get stained without concern. Optional: bring paper or fall leaves you for prints and experiments.
Nicole will bring supplies from her studio apothecary:
* Handcrafted Drawing Ink: Create with Ampersand Textile dye-based botanical drawing inks made from homegrown and locally foraged materials including the bark of a windfallen Mount Airy tree and the hulls of Aunt Marjory’s Germantown black walnuts.
* Avocado Pit Dye: Learn to stain and dye paper with natural dusty pink color extracted from avocado pits.
* Handmade Crayons: Craft wax resist botanical prints using crayons made from Sankofa Farm @ Bartram’s Garden peach pits turned into charcoal mixed with beeswax.
* Plant-Based Watercolor Paints: Experiment with watercolor paints made from a collection of plant lake pigments sourced from dye garden plants.
* Hickory Nut Shell Printmaking Ink: Make prints from leaves with ink made from hickory nut shell charcoal.