Photo credit Daniel Wilkins
Workshop Overview

Explore the ancient techniques used to turn earth into natural paints in this fun, hands-on workshop with Helen Coleman.

Participants will learn how to process a range of earth samples to create fine pigments and then mull them into smooth tempera and glair paints for lightfast artworks.

Workshop notes and all materials and equipment are provided. Participants can bring their own earth sample to work with, if desired (approx 1L earth required).

Participants to bring: BYO lunch, apron or old clothes, notebook and pen for additional note taking, personal art journal if desired

Presenter

Helen Coleman

Helen Coleman is a contemporary colour woman, with an art practice devoted to process and experimentation. In 2018 she completed a two-year residency at Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, where she combined her background in botany and chemistry with a passion for art, to explore the eco-dye potential of Western Australia's endemic plants. This residency culminated in her first solo exhibition, Windfall: Chemistry of the Dye Pot. Helen has now moved into her new workplace, The Dye Pot Studio. Here she is continuing her work, creating dyes, inks and paints from plant and earth pigments and exploring the chemistry of often surprising results from the dye pot.

You can find out more about Helen at https://www.helencolemanart.com.au

All materials and morning tea supplied.

For more information contact : helencolemanart@bigpond.com

Helen Coleman

PhD candidate
School of Molecular & Life Sciences