Workshops
FORMATS
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PROPOSED ACTIVITIES
- A variety of activities, including hands-on workshops, educational talks and live demonstrations;
- Expeditions to collect plants;
- A complete experience, from gathering to creating and completing a playful project.
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BENEFITS
- Participants learn a valuable handmade skill;
- A deeper connection with the botanical world;
- Becoming part of a vibrant and welcoming adventure;
- Learning craft techniques free from harmful chemicals.
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WHO IS IT FOR?
- Artists interested in exploring new techniques;
- Educators and facilitators who want to include activities in educational programmes;
- Nature lovers;
- People of all ages, from 2 to 100+, encouraging knowledge exchange between generations.
INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNIQUE OF
NATURAL DYEING
- Discover the fundamental principles of dyeing with dye plants
- Test different plants and experiment with techniques on several supports (fabric, paper, leather, etc.)
SEARCHING FOR UNEXPECTED RAW MATERIALS
ORGANIC WASTE WORKSHOPS
- Unexpected recycling of onion skins, pomegranate, black beans, avocado, turmeric and more.
Fine arts
PLANT-BASED PAINT MAKING WORKSHOPS
Every root, bark, leaf, flower and other natural source contains pigments. In this course, you will learn to make:
- Water-based paints, watercolours, gouaches, pigments and more.
Children’s workshops
PLANT-BASED PAINTING
- Workshops for school groups
- Explore natural materials to create their own brushes and water-based paints
- Discover secret messages
- Tanins and ink
- Encourage children’s creativity and artistic expression
- And more.
OTHER LEARNINGS...
SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES
- Plant-based paint and composition workshop
- Pigment making and fine-art application workshop
- Special katazome, Hapa-Zome, screen printing and Japanese woodcut workshop
- Shibori / tie-dye workshop
- Plant printing, bogolan and eco-print workshop
- And more.
Workshops on
INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL COSMETICS
- Workshops to create deodorants and lip balms with pigments extracted from fruit juices;
- Workshops to make massage candles and more.
Workshops for making
NATURAL CLEANING PRODUCTS
- Promote safe, non-toxic cleaning practices.
- Use natural ingredients such as white vinegar, baking soda, lemon, citric acid and more.
- Make dishwashing detergents, dishwasher tablets, laundry detergent and other products.