Pigment to Paint - Colours of the Earth

Join artist Christine Chua for ‘Pigment to Paint - Colours of the Earth’. In this unique and immersive workshop, you will have the opportunity to transform ordinary earth into luxurious watercolour paints, creating your own colour palette to take home with you!

This workshop is dedicated to artists, creators and environmentalists. Drawing on ancient resources of the Thames estuary and using bedrocks of the city as a repository for artistic expression, participants will learn about the fascinating origins of different types of pigment found in our locality.

After grinding and purifying earth into pigments, participants will be exposed to various natural binders that help turn pigment into paint. At the end of the workshop, participants will have fun with their new paint palette and work together to create a collaborative painting.

Let’s enjoy the alchemy behind the ancient process of paint-making, and celebrate this environmentally-conscious practice together!

Christine Chua is a Singaporean artist based in London, and a recent Fine Art graduate at the Slade School of Fine Art. Her work focuses on collecting found objects and foraging pigments for her installation works and ongoing drawing practice. Through her installation artworks, the artist challenges the legacy of site specific art, the alchemical process involved in creating clay sculpture and the organic sourcing of art materials.

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Ticket Options:

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✴️ Pay Less – I am a student, unemployed, on benefits or financially stressed - £8 +Ticketing Fee

✴️ Standard – I am employed, have some expendable income, and manage to meet my basic needs - £10 +Ticketing Fee

✴️ Pay More – I am employed or have enough savings to comfortably meet my basic needs - £12 +Ticketing Fee

Workshop starts at 1.30pm, you are welcome to come earlier and enjoy the gallery space. The gallery opens at 11am.

Firepit is a unique space, we have a gallery of beautiful and relevant art, artist studio spaces and a community event space. We will hold the workshop on a large communal table, next to the windows. You are in the heart of the gallery here and are surrounded by inspirational art.

How to get here:

The nearest tube is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line. We are a 5 minute walk from here, located right by the Thames Clipper stop. We are on google maps. Search for Firepit Art Gallery, London

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