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.


Study Group With Isobel Denton - Autumn/winter 2025-2026
£65.00

Timing: Wednesdays 6-8pm (GMT+1 for the first session, and then GMT )

Term Dates: 1st Wednesday of each month: October 1st 2025, Nov 5th 2025, Dec 3rd 2025, Jan 7th 2026, Feb 4th 2026, March 4th 2026

Payment: £65 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.

I'm focused on growing my dye plants, as I have a large dye garden. I'm more of a generalist when it comes to using the materials I grow and a general experimentalist. Sustainability is at the core of my practice, and more recently my work has been exploring paper-making and sculptural forms. I’ve just co-created an exhibition with children from @makerworldhudds called Biophilic Sculptures as part of the Woven Festival, made entirely from sustainable materials—recycled paper and textiles, naturally dyed with plants from my garden.

@abitmoreink