Our good friend in Australia, the Botanical Alchemist India Flint, has released additions to the programme for her workshops scheduled in the near and not so near future. If working with textiles and/or dying felt with ecoprint colours is somethng that appeals to you, please read on as we bring you India's latest newsletter:
Greetings from the driest state on the driest continent where it seems to have forgotten that it ought to be Autumn and all we seem to have here are dancing dustbunnies. Thank goodness for workshops and wandering as it means I am able to enjoy green leafy goodness elsewhere, if not at home!__It's been a hugely busy teaching year in which I've had the delight of seeing several students return for second and third helpings - it's wonderful to see their work developing. [mind you my sceptical children mutter that it's either a huge compliment or that it says something about the quality of the teaching in that it needs so much reinforcing...ah well]
__For those keen to cross paths with the peripatetic alchemist, here are a few new options...
A possible workshop is plotted [at ridiculously short notice] for Belgium on April 29 & 30 this year. this has occurred because family matters take me to London in that month. The London workshop [April 25 & 26] has already filled.
In addition to the range of workshops listed on [surprise!] the workshops page of my website and the odd snippet on the news page ['something in the air'] I am planning a series of retreats.
In December [1-3] there will be a three-day felt-dye retreat at Crockett Cottage Studio in Mansfield in the beautiful Victorian High Country. It's a wonderful time of year to be there - you'll have to find your own accommodation in the area but eleven o'clockish nibbles, lunches and afternoon teas will be provided. For three days we'll make, embellish and dye felt using that match-made-in-heaven...wool & eucalyptus.In March 2010 there will be a four-day retreat on the Coromandel Coast of New Zealand based at the Indigo Bush Studios. Register your interest with me early...it's a fantastic region with abundant and varied flora so the dyepots are likely to reveal new magic. There's a broad range of accommodation locally so participants should be able to find something that suits tastes and budgets. It has the added bonus of being near a beach where a hot river bubbles up through the sands at low tide...let's hope there's a low tide when we have time to relax...
Have a safe and Happy Easter [or Feast of Cheeses if you're simply celebrating Spring somewhere]
best wishes
India – www.indiaflint.com
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