Bontanical Pounding Workshop

Led by Aleka Artemis Munro

August 18 from 4:30-6:00 PM

Aplomb Gallery, 15 Mechanic St, Ste 117, Dover, NH or via zoom

Aleka doing botanical pounding

Join in-person at Aplomb Gallery (limited space) or on zoom for this special 90 minute workshop! Advanced registration is required by August 8th for zoom so we know what to order and have time to ship you supplies.

A lifelong passionate gardener and trained landscaper, Aleka has developed a technique of botanical pounding in which she places plant material - flowers, buds, leaves, and herbs - on watercolor paper, covers them in wax paper, and pounds the flora with a hammer, imprinting the pigment into the watercolor paper permanently.

If you are joining via zoom, we ask that you have a hammer and some flowers on hand (too tricky to ship those!) Aleka recommends participants go out during the day of class and pick a variety of weeds, plants with and without flowers, putting them in a bowl with a damp paper towel lining the bottom, cover it with plastic wrap, or in a Tupperware container with a cover, then put that in the fridge, ASAP, until class. If you don’t have flowers, try a supermarket to buy a small bundle of flowers. Easy to pound: Alstroemeria, cosmos, black eyed susan, marigolds, rose of Sharon, hibiscus, and bee balm. Avoid: all woody plants—with hard woody stems (like roses, tree leaves) and daylilies.

Thank you to the The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to help make longer format workshops possible through a grant!

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