Two Workshops – A New Way To Learn Online
A NEW WAY OF LEARNING ONLINE
THE INK MAKING WORKSHOP
WITH TIM MCLAUGHLIN
Registration opens November 23rd at 9am (pacific time)
Learn the process of making both pigmented
and non-pigmented inks, including classics like iron gall ink as well as inks made from natural dyes like cochineal and lake pigments like weld.
21 documentary style instructional videos with written instructions and downloadable PDF's.
Work with a range of materials including indigo, carbon black, cochineal, weld, gum Arabic and shellac.
Learn about ink making as a way to explore materials.
Consider the history of writing and ink and the future of your own creative practice.
Online Workshop begins January 3rd, 2022
This online workshop is designed to be done anywhere in the world - in your home or studio. It features a robust Q&A section with instructors directly answering student questions and one final live zoom event.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
TIM MCLAUGHLIN
Tim has been interested in natural colour since he began working for Maiwa as a graphic designer in 2002. Together with Charllotte Kwon he has written and co-directed two documentaries on natural dyes: Indigo: A World of Blue and In Search of Lost Colour: The Story of Natural Dyes. Some of Charllotte’s enthusiasm for natural colour has rubbed off on him, and for several years he has been rethinking the study of natural dyes in a fine-arts context: how to use natural dyes to make inks, paints, and pigments.
Tim has also worked as a graphic designer and photographer. His portraits of Banjara women can be found in Textiles of the Banjara: Cloth and Culture of a Wandering Tribe, published in 2016 by Thames and Hudson and co-authored by Tim with Charllotte Kwon.
Tim received a Masters Degree in Philosophy of Science from the University of Western Ontario. He has completed two residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts. His works have been exhibited at the Penland Gallery, North Carolina, and at a number of venues in and around Vancouver, Canada. Excerpts from his journals, ink projects, photography and other writing can be found at TMCL.CA. Ink making gets posted to instagram at @artisan_ink.
INK MAKING WORKSHOP TRAILER
TANNINS, OXIDES, & INDIGO WORKSHOP
WITH NATALIE GRAMBOW
Registration opens November 23rd at 9am (pacific time)
This groundbreaking workshop will lead students through a number of projects on silk, cotton, linen, wool, and paper. Through contact printing, immersion baths, bundling and binding techniques, and the magic of indigo, this workshop will explore new, uncharted territory on textiles.
38 evocative instructional videos with written instructions and downloadable PDF's.
Work with 7 unique immersion baths including indigo.
Learn a variety of binding techniques including clamp, wrap, and shaped resist.
Complete the course with a body of work exploring the remarkable patterning potential of tannins, oxides, and indigo.
Online Workshop begins January 10th, 2022
This online workshop is designed to be done anywhere in the world - in your home or studio. It features a robust Q&A section with instructors directly answering student questions and one final live zoom event.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
NATALIE GRAMBOW
Natalie Grambow has extensive experience in the textile arts, and a backgound in design, photography and the visual arts. For over a decade she has also established herself as an exceptional art educator and maker. She is an accredited interior designer, has worked in the architectural design field and has taught design theory.
After completing her arts degree at the University of Ottawa, Natalie studied at the École d’Impression Textile à Montréal and later travelled to Asia and Latin America, where she spent six months learning to weave with local Mayan artisans in Guatemala. Shortly after completing the Textile Arts program at Capilano College, she was awarded the BC Craft Association’s Award of Excellence.
Natalie has developed numerous courses and creative workshops. She possesses an astonishing knowledge of process and technique. She has been a core teacher at the Maiwa School of Textiles since 2004. Natalie is also a working artist. She owns her own sustainable textile design company called La Cochenille based in Roberts Creek, Canada.
Natalie works with natural and gathered materials, employing plant dyes and pigments, foraged botanicals, tannins, metal, rusts, printmaking techniques, felting and stitching. She has exhibited her work in Montreal, Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast, and has been commissioned by such clients as the City of North Vancouver. She is a founding member of the Samara Artists Collective, and has completed solo and group residencies for the Sunshine Coast Arts Council and Fibreworks Gallery.
This course is the culmination of many of Natalie’s deepest interests. It represents decades of artistic exploration into the ways time changes all materials and can play a collaborative role in the mark making process. The textural depth of her work is an echo of the beauty of materials, coupled with the hand of an artisan and the mind of a maker.
TANNINS, OXIDES, & INDIGO WORKSHOP TRAILER
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