black cat makerie

UNFOLD THE ARTISTRY OF PAPER FLOWERS WITH CATHERINE OXLEY

The heart of this retreat is observation – discover how to capture a flower’s visual details and recreate them using fine Italian paper and watercolor.

Catherine’s workshop will invite you to see flowers in a new way. We’ll observe their|qualities, learn how to reproduce their scale, shape, and movement, and bring them to life using watercolor on different weights of fine, Italian crepe paper. This is not only a workshop but also a meditation on beauty, challenging us to think about what draws us to the natural world, and how this might be skillfully recreated.

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Black Cat Farm ~ a place where all are welcome and the seeds of hope surround you. Nestled among the rolling fields just outside Boulder, Colorado, this rustic working farm is home to our Black Cat Makerie retreats. Tucked away from the rush of the world, time stands still. The beauty here isn’t curated, but rather defined by the ever-changing seasons and the pulse of growth and possibility at every turn. No matter where you are coming from or which season of life you find yourself in, you’ll feel the embrace of something so grounding and deeply authentic you might not ever forget it.

Using Black Cat’s Certified Organic farm as a source of creativity, Chef Eric Skokan creates an award-winning cuisine vibrant with seasonality. The kitchen draws heavily from the farm’s more than 250 varieties of organic vegetables, legumes, grains, herbs and flowers, as well as its large flock of heritage sheep and its robust population of heritage pigs, paving the way for a limitless palette of flavors, colors, and textures from which to build each food experience. The farm team devotes hours every day to harvesting ingredients, and then crafting them into outstanding dishes that mirror what is thriving in the fields. We can’t wait for you to experience it all for yourself!