Crafting Indigo Based Art Materials: The Old Mill

During this workshop you will explore the fascinating and extraordinary world of Indigo blue from plants. You will make yourself an indigo based set of art materials including genuine indigo inks, paints, pastels and artist’s crayons. You will learn how to add other plant and earth colours to indigo to create spectrums of colour, and you will go home with a range of your own art materials, unique to you.

Famously the original colour of blue jeans, there is so much more to the story of indigo and alongside crafting with indigo, you will learn about the many different plants that produce indigo, the considerable history of cultivation and the use of these plants by different cultures over thousands of years.

As well as going home with your own hand crafted range of indigo based artist materials, you will be given notes and recipes for to continue these beautiful crafts at home.

We use only organic indigo from Tarai blue indigo farm in India in our indigo art materials. This project grows, harvests and processes Indigo tinctoria in time honored ways, giving fair work to local crafts people.

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Old Mill Arts is a Dumfries and Galloway-based, multidisciplinary learning project aiming to empower creative capacities both individually and collectively.
In their studio, through workshops and during projects, Lucy and Edward explore the hidden profundity of hand-making creative materials. Through practising and sharing these age-old crafts, they hope to remember parts of shared culture eclipsed by mass production, and to celebrate the rich history of the handmade arts.

www.oldmillarts.com

Lucy and Edward are both practising artists, almost exclusively using their own handmade art materials to create their work. Discover Edward's work on Instagram @ofalderandoak and Lucy's work @lucy._._.lee

Lunch, a sketchbook, pen to make any extra notes, some watercolour brushes and a pen knife if you have one.

Minimum numbers apply for courses to run. Payment is due in full at the time of booking, either through the shop, phone or online. All sales are final unless transferring to another class in which a price difference will be paid. Full refunds will be given if the courses cannot take place. If you cannot make the classes for any reason no refunds will be given, however, there may be the option to transfer your booking to an alternative event, please give us a call at Calder Art Supplies at 01484 422991.

Phone: You can book by calling us on our telephone number 01484 422991 or visit in-store.

Facebook: We also have an online booking option through our Facebook site:

https://www.facebook.com/CalderGraphic/

This will also give you a breakdown of details of the class and times to attend.

If you have any issues booking online please give the shop a call and we will endeavour to sort this out over the phone.

Refreshments are available all day (tea, coffee, biscuits etc.) and there will be a lunch break of approximately one hour.

There are plenty of local shops and cafes in the area within close walking distance from the arcade.

Alternatively, you may bring your own lunch.

There is lift access to the studio on the second floor for those with mobility issues. Toilets are located close by on the studio level, however there is a small flight of stairs to access these. Alternatively there are also toilets located on one level on the ground floor.

The nearest car park available to the venue is the multi-storey next to Huddersfield bus station. Levels 4, 5 & 6 - Monday to Saturday (8am to 6 pm)

£4.10 for up to 5 hours

£6.50 up to 6 pm.

After 6pm £1.60 per visit

Further parking information can be found here.

Alternative car parks can also be seen within similar distances on the same link above.

Our venue is also a 2 minute walk from both the main bus and train stations.

PLEASE ARRIVE AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE START TIME OF THE WORKSHOP AND “CHECK IN” AT CALDER GRAPHICS ON THE GROUND FLOOR.price difference

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