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Art inspired by nature

Art inspired by nature – creative workshops inspired by plants and foraging in the outdoors 

Artist Kate Temple’s workshops took the natural world as their inspiration. Activities included hapazome (leaf-tapping) – extracting plant pigment on to fabric by hammering, bundle dyeing – dyeing fabric and plants together, ink-making with plants, cameraless photographic processes such as cyanotype and lumen – making photographs using plants, and mushroom spore prints. 

 

From the workshops

The workshops were a chance to relax, have fun and learn something new. (Photo: Jassy Earl)
Printmaking using foraged items ((Photo: Jassy Earl)
Many different techniques and approaches were explored. (Photo: Jassy Earl)
Plants, leaves and other natural items were foraged for natural colours. (Photo: Jassy Earl)
Decorative bags were created using natural inks and plants. (Photo: Jassy Earl)
Natural shapes and contrasting colours. (Photo: Jassy Earl)
Creating shapes to develop different printing backgrounds. (Photo: Jassy Earl)
Finding natural foliage to take back to the print room. (Photo: Jassy Earl)
Printmaking techniques were refined as the workshops progressed. (Photo: Jassy Earl)

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