Old Mill Arts is an multidisciplinary learning project to empower creative capacities both individually and collectively.

In our studio, through our workshops and during projects, we explore the hidden profundity of hand making creative materials. Through practising and sharing these age old crafts, we hope to remember parts of ourselves eclipsed by mass production, and to celebrate the rich history of the handmade arts.

INKS

Botanical inks from plants and pigment blends…

NATURAL DYING

Finding the magic in plant brewing for colour…

PAINT MAKING

From water colours and gouache, impasto to poster paints…

PIGMENTS

Earth and mineral pigments…

PASTELS AND CRAYONS

Beautiful sticks of instant colour…

LAKE PIGMENTS

Pigments from plants…

TOOLS

Charcoal holders, paint brushes, pens, mark making tools…

PAPER

Handmade plant paper, recycled papers, paper dying and infusing plants in paper…

MEDIEVAL ERA

What is the heritage of our current art materials, the historical context?…

CLAY

Wild clay, wood fired, vessels for holding art materials…

HISTORIES OF COLOUR

Green, blue, yellow, red, white, black…

TRYSTING TREES

A project all about and with trees…