Earth & Light: Making and Creating with Natural Inks

A slow and sensory journey into color, rooted in the created world.

There is something deeply grounding about gathering color from the earth itself. From steeped petals, layered bark, and foraged leaves come soft, earthy hues—each one a trace of the season, the soil, the light.

Earth & Light: Making and Creating with Natural Inks is an invitation to step gently into the ancient and artful process of creating your own inks from natural materials. In this quiet, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to extract color from botanicals and earth matter, then use those inks to explore expressive, intuitive mark-making on paper.

Whether you’re a seasoned artist or simply craving a deeper connection to your materials, this workshop offers a return to what is elemental, real, and beautifully simple.

✧ You’ll learn:

• How to create natural inks using flowers, leaves, berries, and more

• Tools and techniques for foraging, steeping, straining, and storing your inks

• Foundational practices in mark-making, layering, and playing with texture

• Reflections on the connection between creativity, nature, and spiritual attentiveness

✧ You’ll walk away with:

• A curated palette of handmade botanical inks

• A collection of organic, expressive works on paper

• A deeper sense of connection between your creative life and the natural world

This is a space for presence. For quiet experimentation. For discovering that the earth is not only a source of beauty—but also a generous collaborator in your creative process.

Come gather the colors of Creation. Let the ink tell its story.