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#NewWestminster #Vancouver #YVR folks 👇

#InkMaking w/ natural resources #CreativeArt #workshop Faciliated by #InvasiveArt Initiative.

You will #learn how to process and #create #ink from natural resources, and then have the opportunity to make some art with the ink. All supplies provided.

Pay What You Can tickets.
To make this workshop accessible, we offer three ticket options. Please select one of the options that works best for you.

Saturday, August 16 · 11am - 12:30pm
712C 12th Street, New Westminster.

invasiveartinitiative.ca/

The Initiative works to engage community members throughout what is currently known as the Lower Mainland of BC, delivering a series of workshops on Invasive Species-based #art supplies and other useable materials in collaboration with non-for-profits and local volunteer groups.The traveling project was established in late 2021, aiming for ethical and reciprocal engagements within the often-destructive practices of invasive removal, offering use for the materiality of the plants that would otherwise go to waste.Promoting dialogues on "environment", colonization and human exceptionalism, the project works with organizations in offering demonstrations and talks on re-contextualizing social imaginations in relationship with so-called Invasive Species.

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INVASIVE ART INITIATIVEINVASIVE ART INITIATIVECommunity engaged eco-arts in Southwest British Columbia

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Later this month I'll be doing a demo at the University of Sheffield that can also be attended online:

"We are thrilled that Joumana Medlej - artist, author, and educator - will join us for a demonstration of ink-making based on traditional recipes.... The demo/talk will focus on the challenges that come up in the process of translation and how actually making the inks can help to understand and translate the texts."

Sign up for free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/decoding-re

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Here is a test with the walnut ink with both an ultra fine nib fountain pen, and a glass dip pen.

I have to do a bit more experimenting with the fountain pen, because I'm not sure if it just needs to flow a little bit longer, or if I might have made it a little too thick for this particular nib. Once I find an empty pen with a regular nib, I'll give that a try.

I need to order more bottles!

I cut down a bunch of pokeweed, today, and couldn't resist taking all the berries to make ink.

I regret that I didn't take any in-progress photos, but I was busy trying to make sure I didn't turn the whole kitchen fuchsia. (We rent.)

I filled half a standard pickle jar with juice that I squeezed (with gloves on) through a tea towel, and added a pinch of salt and some alcohol. Tomorrow, I will add a bit of gum arabic, and hopefully I'll have usable ink!