Workshops

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.