with Lilah Ward Shepherd
Tues. June 10, 17, & 24, 6-8p
at the IC Press Co-op (225 N. Gilbert)
pay-what-you-can: $40-$160
From start to finish you will learn how to create natural watercolors from plants. We will create dye baths from plant matter and learn the process of extracting pigment from the plant dye baths. How to process the plant dye lake pigment and create watercolor binder. Students will leave the class with the plant pigment watercolors made & supply kits.
Open to ages 18+.
Registration deadline: May 25
*PS1 workshops are pay-what-you-can thanks to support from Hills Bank and individual donors. $142 is the true cost of the workshop, and we encourage participants to select the cost that they can afford, or pay a little extra to support future sliding-scale fees.
Lilah Ward Shepherd is a multidisciplinary artist working with textiles, natural dyeing, printmaking, clay, painting and drawing. She received her MFA from the university of Iowa in printmaking and MA in ceramics. Her work explores color relationships, geometric shapes and patterning, relationships between forms and space while investigating human relationships, identity, ancestry, peace, comfort, and play.