Botanical Inks and Dyes Workshop with Nell

Join artist Nell Smith to make botanical inks from foraged plant materials and natural dye extracts. Discover the magic of adding modifiers to your inks to create a range of colours and use them to create a unique artwork.

Nell Smith is a printmaker and textile artist working from a studio at Hot Bed Press in Salford. In 2023, she conducted an 8 month research project into natural dyes and pigments for screen printing, funded by the Arts Council. Her recent collection of prints, ‘Chroma’, explores the changing seasons, using natural dyes found, foraged, and extracted from plants.

In this day-long workshop, you will get the chance to learn more about botanical dyes and pigments, forage for plant materials, make inks, work with dyed fabrics and make some inky artworks.

Accessibility:

The session will involve a slow walk around the park looking for plant materials to forage. The session will be at the Myco Farm at Platt Fields Market Garden. Platt Fields Market Garden has a mixture of grass, bricked paths, and gravel paths. There are toilets on site, including disabled toilets accessible by a ramp that you'll need to ask a member of staff to bring out. If you have any questions please email hello@mycomanchester.com