In this workshop ‘Seven Planets, Seven Metals, Seven Colours’, you will travel through time to a perspective of the world mostly lost to modern culture.
In the ‘traditional craft practice’, colour carried rich symbolism and contained the view that a number of colours were born of the earth from metals, metals that were in relationship to the heavens.
Within this tradition, the seven visible planets were deemed to represent and hold special qualities and meanings, which in turn, were reflected within earthly metals.
The number seven has been held in deep symbolic reverence across cultures for millennia marking sacred time, divine creation, spiritual law, and celestial order. In terms of the colours on an artist's palette, the seven colours you will experience during this workshop, literally embodied the cosmos.
After delving into some of the more symbolic aspects of the subject you will then craft a palette of the seven colours. You will learn how each of the colours were formed from metals, and how they were historically used. You will mix these colours with traditional gum based binders creating your own handmade paints which you will then use to complete a poster based on a medieval astrological diagram.
You will go home with a selection of these paints and your hand painted poster. No prior experience necessary and all materials are provided.
6 spaces available
Sunday 7th June
10:00am - 3:30pm
£75*
*we have reductions available on this workshop for people on a low income, please do inquire, we are happy to answer any queries.
**One fully refundable place is available to 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.
In this workshop ‘Seven Planets, Seven Metals, Seven Colours’, you will travel through time to a perspective of the world mostly lost to modern culture.
In the ‘traditional craft practice’, colour carried rich symbolism and contained the view that a number of colours were born of the earth from metals, metals that were in relationship to the heavens.
Within this tradition, the seven visible planets were deemed to represent and hold special qualities and meanings, which in turn, were reflected within earthly metals.
The number seven has been held in deep symbolic reverence across cultures for millennia marking sacred time, divine creation, spiritual law, and celestial order. In terms of the colours on an artist's palette, the seven colours you will experience during this workshop, literally embodied the cosmos.
After delving into some of the more symbolic aspects of the subject you will then craft a palette of the seven colours. You will learn how each of the colours were formed from metals, and how they were historically used. You will mix these colours with traditional gum based binders creating your own handmade paints which you will then use to complete a poster based on a medieval astrological diagram.
You will go home with a selection of these paints and your hand painted poster. No prior experience necessary and all materials are provided.
6 spaces available
Sunday 7th June
10:00am - 3:30pm
£75*
*we have reductions available on this workshop for people on a low income, please do inquire, we are happy to answer any queries.
**One fully refundable place is available to 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.
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