Colour Gathering: Earth paint making workshops

Making paint, practicing reciprocity, and learning from the earth

In this hands-on workshop, we will explore the process of making earth based watercolour paints from gathered stones and natural binders. We’ll spend time noticing and gathering rocks that have already been separated from the earth, honouring their long journey and the ancient processes that have shaped them. Through grinding, patience and attention, we will transform these fragments into earth pigments and create our own handmade paints.

Alongside the practical process of paint making, we will also explore the deeper relationship we have with the materials we work with, the immense age held within a stone, the long processes that have shaped it, and what it means to participate in changing its form after aeons of being held as rock.

Together we will consider ideas of reciprocity: how we might receive from the land with awareness and gratitude, and how we might cultivate a relationship of care, response and offering in return.

You will leave with a collection of handmade earth paints and an invitation to continue noticing, gathering and working with the colours held within the landscapes around you.

Event details


Private Warrandyte location, Wurundjeri Country, given to participants prior to the workshop.

This workshop will be offered twice: 
Tuesday October 20th and Tuesday October 27th

6:30 - 8:30pm

Standard $70
Concession $60
Bring a friend $60 each

This workshop is also available for private groups.


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