Sale Price:
£180.00
Original Price:
£225.00
*20% reduction for early bird booking. Available until July 16th.
In this three day workshop, you will travel back to times long ago, gaining a broad understanding and experience of the colours and materials used in the pre medieval world. We will ponder the cosmology of colour and the age old intertwined relationships between the practitioner, the materials and the practice.
Using authentic pigments, you will be guided through a visual colour map of trade routes and histories during this period. Emphasis will be given to the significance of colour, where minerals, plants and insects were sourced and their symbolic and economic importance within cultures.
You will learn about azurite from Armenia, cinnabar from Spain, green earth from Cyprus, kermes gathered from Mediterranean oak trees, madder from Turkey, indigo from Baghdad (known as Baghdad Blue), saffron from Persia, and much more.
You will experience transforming these colour sources into various creative media following historical recipes to achieve high quality creative materials and although colour will be the main focus of this workshop, there will also be opportunity to craft artists tools such as brushes, pens and ink wells.
Over the course of the three days you will:
create your own palette of ancient colours including pigments and paints you can use at home.
receive an exclusive Old Mill Arts booklet which accompanies the workshop and includes reference notes, images, paint samples and recipes.
go home with surface samples illustrating various historical surface preparations.
complete a unique Old Mill Arts poster to document pigments and paints.
If you are travelling from afar, please get in touch for recommendations of places to stay if needed.
Please note - This workshop is happening at our studio, Old Mill Arts, Mabie Steading, Mabie DG2 8HB
6 spaces available
Tues 8th Sept - Thurs 10th Sept
10:00am - 4pm each day (with breaks)
£225*
*we have bursary places available on each 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 we will be based in our studio at Mabie Steading which is on one level as is our studio toilet facilities. The accessible toilet for the steading is through the cafe which includes two steps, or around the side of the building which is around 100m walk with no steps. We have a pdf picture guide of our studio which we can email before or after any booking.
If adaptations to tools such as paintbrushes or chair/desk space would be useful, please do get in touch, all enquiries are welcome.
Cancellation Policy:
If you wish to cancel your booking we will refund you 100% of your overall payment if you cancel 4 weeks or more before the start date of the workshop you wish to cancel. We will refund you 50% of your overall payment if you cancel less than 4 weeks before the start date of the workshop you wish to cancel, or arrange a rescheduling onto another course where possible. If you cancel less than 1 week before the start date of the workshop you wish to cancel we will retain 100% of your payment and give you a 40% discount for another workshop with the equivalent price.
*20% reduction for early bird booking. Available until July 16th.
In this three day workshop, you will travel back to times long ago, gaining a broad understanding and experience of the colours and materials used in the pre medieval world. We will ponder the cosmology of colour and the age old intertwined relationships between the practitioner, the materials and the practice.
Using authentic pigments, you will be guided through a visual colour map of trade routes and histories during this period. Emphasis will be given to the significance of colour, where minerals, plants and insects were sourced and their symbolic and economic importance within cultures.
You will learn about azurite from Armenia, cinnabar from Spain, green earth from Cyprus, kermes gathered from Mediterranean oak trees, madder from Turkey, indigo from Baghdad (known as Baghdad Blue), saffron from Persia, and much more.
You will experience transforming these colour sources into various creative media following historical recipes to achieve high quality creative materials and although colour will be the main focus of this workshop, there will also be opportunity to craft artists tools such as brushes, pens and ink wells.
Over the course of the three days you will:
create your own palette of ancient colours including pigments and paints you can use at home.
receive an exclusive Old Mill Arts booklet which accompanies the workshop and includes reference notes, images, paint samples and recipes.
go home with surface samples illustrating various historical surface preparations.
complete a unique Old Mill Arts poster to document pigments and paints.
If you are travelling from afar, please get in touch for recommendations of places to stay if needed.
Please note - This workshop is happening at our studio, Old Mill Arts, Mabie Steading, Mabie DG2 8HB
6 spaces available
Tues 8th Sept - Thurs 10th Sept
10:00am - 4pm each day (with breaks)
£225*
*we have bursary places available on each 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 we will be based in our studio at Mabie Steading which is on one level as is our studio toilet facilities. The accessible toilet for the steading is through the cafe which includes two steps, or around the side of the building which is around 100m walk with no steps. We have a pdf picture guide of our studio which we can email before or after any booking.
If adaptations to tools such as paintbrushes or chair/desk space would be useful, please do get in touch, all enquiries are welcome.
Cancellation Policy:
If you wish to cancel your booking we will refund you 100% of your overall payment if you cancel 4 weeks or more before the start date of the workshop you wish to cancel. We will refund you 50% of your overall payment if you cancel less than 4 weeks before the start date of the workshop you wish to cancel, or arrange a rescheduling onto another course where possible. If you cancel less than 1 week before the start date of the workshop you wish to cancel we will retain 100% of your payment and give you a 40% discount for another workshop with the equivalent price.
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