UofS: Creating Paint from Soil

Last week, I was up at Christopher Lake in Saskatchewan to teach about making paints from soil for a course at the University of Saskatchewan. Alongside my colleagues Ken Van Rees and Allyson Glenn, we taught about making pigments out of bones and soils (and even bugs!). Being an interdisciplinary course, students in both the … Read more

Local-Colour Talk in Cambridge

Tonight I’ll be speaking at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts about my ideas and work surrounding local-colour. The last two years have been rich in playing with places and projects and I’m looking forward to sharing these experiences and presenting new ideas I have for further collaboration. Hope to see you there!

Creating Paint from your Local Environment

Creating Paint from your Local Environment

We had a great afternoon today reinterpreting our surroundings into colour at the second workshop I offered on the topic. Over our time together I introduced the idea of local-colours, instructed on how paint is made, and then we all got busy exploring the dilapidated factory building within which we were meeting …

Berlin workshop confirmed for July 30th!

Here’s the announcement for the workshop I’m planning to lead while in Berlin. You need to RSVP, if you plan to attend, so please send me an email and I’ll pass it on to the gallery curators. Creating Paint from your Local Environment Saturday, July 30th from 14:00 until 16:30 at Linienstraße 142/143  10115 Berlin … Read more