Study Groups
Monthly online study groups for those who are exploring natural colour making and seek to be part of a supportive creative community. These are small informal peer groups meeting up to share explorations, ideas, and questions.
Format:
Groups meet up monthly for a two hour meeting on Zoom. The monthly two hour zoom call is an informal open space for emergent discussion and conversation. Members are invited to share questions with the group, explorations, and artwork in process or completed. This is supported by ongoing conversation and photo sharing online.
Purpose:
Connection with a global community of plant dye, ink, & paint making enthusiasts.
An opportunity to share your work and insights.
To get feedback around your creative explorations.
To hear about what others are exploring, and be inspired by this.
Live Session: In order to make the sessions more affordable, we have decided to just have the sessions live and not make a recording.
Commitment:
These are ongoing groups, where you can build relationships and support each other as you develop your creative practice throughout the seasons. To join the group, you have to commit to join a term of six monthly sessions. There are two terms per year.
Be the first to find out about study group spaces when they become available.
Timing: Wednesdays 6-8pm (GMT and GMT+1 from the end of March) (11am-1pm PST)
Term Dates: 1st Wednesday of each month: March 5th, April 2nd, May 7th, June 4th, July 2nd, August 6th
Payment: £58.50 for 6 months for six sessions.
These sessions are recorded. The group is limited to 12 people
Facilitated by Isobel Denton
Issy is a textile artist specialising in traditional practices creating natural inks & dyes for textile & paper applications. She works from her studio in West Yorkshire under the name of ‘abitmoreink’. She became interested in dyes, and dyeing techniques whilst originally working in theatre, film and television, as a costumier. For the last 3 years she has been creating an extensive dye garden - growing plants for use in her own practice. Presently, she is focussed on developing a 3D sculptural work using various traditional craft practices and making paper using plants such as flax and other materials she either grows, or forages locally. In addition to her own practice she regularly delivers workshops at various venues. She also works with many arts based organisations and in schools, to create pieces for exhibitions that explore the narrative of natural dyeing and related processes.
Timing: Wednesdays 9.30-11.30am GMT
Term Dates: April 2nd, May 7th, June 4th, July 2nd, August 6th, September 3rd
Payment: £58.50 for 6 months For Six Sessions
These sessions are not recorded. The group is limited to 10 people
Facilitated by Annie Hogg
Annie Hogg is a visual artist based in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Her work explores power relations and resources. Aiming to see both human and other than human responses and outcomes in human led situations. Material choices are made with an intention of furthering this commentary and questioning. Graduating in 2002 with a BA in sculpture from Aki College of Art in The Netherlands, she worked on environmental campaigns, studied organic horticulture and returned to a full time creative practice in recent years. She enjoys delivering engaging workshops, talks and lectures on her process and practice both online and in person in a host of settings such as Plants & Colour UK and The Burren College of Art. Awards and support have been received from the Arts Council of Ireland, Irish Hospice Foundation, Tipperary County Council Arts Office, South Tipperary Arts Centre and K-Fest.
Learn more about Plants & Colour Study Groups. During 2020 lockdown, Flora Arbuthnott of Plants & Colour gave a call out for a new Study Group series based around plants and colour, obviously enough! We began as we continue today, with each term or round running for a 6 month period and meeting once a month for a two hour Zoom call. Having signed up out of interest to connect with like-minded folks, I could not possibly have fore seen then just how important these monthly meet ups were to become to me.