The Maker’s Palette: Upcycled Art Materials

Two women peering at tableware in the Resetting The Table exhibit

In–Person Workshop

Location: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Classroom B (Third Floor)

Instructor: Rachel Mirus

Price: $50 members / $60 nonmembers

Before the modern art-supply store, artists found and made materials from their everyday lives and immediate environments. In this class, we will channel that same ingenuity by collecting, experimenting, and upcycling our own art materials, including paper, ink, and dip pens, all from everyday ingredients. Come feed your curiosity and creativity by finding color in unexpected sources and experimenting with familiar materials in new ways!

Participants will start with an ingredient “treasure hunt” before class and come away with handmade recycled paper, homemade ink, and experimental dip pens. The instructor will send out a materials list a week before the class starts.

Maximum class size is 12 attendees.

Several different art materials on display.