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Indigo Blue: From Growing in the Garden to Pigment Extraction with Milisa Moses

August 15 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

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Tuesday and Wednesday, August 15 and 16, 9:30am-12:30pm

2 sessions | $140 for members $150 for non-members, + $25 materials fee

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It defines an era of music as well as marks time in the art world, and can describe complicated feelings with one simple word.

BLUE: the color of gods, of both sadness and serenity, of sea and sky. Prolific yet elusive, blue can be made from only a few plants on earth. Long part of the artists’ palette, Persicaria tinctoria – indigo, has been used for ages to make pigment and dye. Learn how to work with this easy-to-grow plant in a two-day workshop series. Receive seeds and growing instructions along with ready-to-use paint.

ABOUT THE TEACHING ARTIST

Milisa Simone Moses is a gardener and artist living in Eastham. She works with plants from her garden and from natural materials to create color for art and textiles. She most recently has taught workshops at The Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Castle Hill in Truro, and formerly out of her studio space, Plant Work Shop, in Orleans.

Website: plantworkshop.co, Instagram: @plantworkshop.co