Crafty Ink Workshop

30/06/2024

Indelible voting ink was invented in 1962, just before the third election in a newly independent India to help combat 'voter fraud'. The ink is made with silver nitrate and cannot be removed with any sort of soap or chemical🤯
https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/history-ink-six-objects

22/06/2023

20/06/2023

Thank you so much to all the beautiful beings that came along to my first Meadows in the Mountains Crafty Ink Workshop!🥰🎨🍆🌱 Meadows in the Mountains Festival

13/04/2023

I'm so excited to announce that Crafty Ink Workshop has been invited to Meadows in the Mountains festival in Bulgaria! https://www.meadowsinthemountains.com/ "Meadows in the Mountains is an annual transformational festival that platforms the arts, delivering peak experiences to both the nearby community and our family from afar, including every single one in the creation of a more future-proof, regenerative culture." Coming?! 💚

29/03/2023

Megalithic tomb paintings in Dolmen of Carapito I, Portugal:

13/02/2023

Thank you so much to everyone who came to Saturday's workshop and for making it such a special one! Thanks also to Red Brick Building, for their beautifully light and open studio space, it was perfect. Hopefully the first of many!

11/02/2023

The leaves of a plant from the mustard family, Isatis tinctoria or ‘Dyers Woad’, creates a blue pigment and was first recorded as being used as dye in Egypt around 4500 years ago! https://pieceworkmagazine.com/woad-and-the-invention-of-blue/

09/02/2023

The rare medieval blue responsible for colouring everything from the Bible to Dutch cheese.

Portuguese researchers believe that they have identified the long-lost process and plant that provided a unique purple-blue pigment in the Middle Ages.

08/02/2023

Come along to The Red Brick Building in Glastonbury this Saturday and learn the ancient craft of ink making! 2:30pm till 3:30pm upstairs in the studio. There's a lovely cafe and bar downstairs too :) For bookings message Crafty Ink Workshop or contact Imogen on 07566 850341.

Venue website: https://redbrickbuilding.co.uk/