Workshop | Indo-Persian Miniature Painting with artist Amna Walayat

Cork Printmakers, Backwater Artists Group and The Lavit Gallery are pleased to present:

M A K E Space, an outreach workshop and talks series hosted by member artists from Cork Printmakers and Backwater Artists Group.

Talk and Workshop on preparing/ working with organic, natural materials for Indo-Persian miniature painting with artist Amna Walayat.

Talk: 30 minutes

Amna will discuss the process of her 40th Eva International Proposal success. How she began working to respond the idea of Eva theme “Citizenship”, how her proposal evolved from application to long list, short list to final selection.

Demonstration:

Methods that Amna uses for her Indo-Persian materials such as squirrel hair tail brushes, wash technique, gold leaf application, making colours from natural resources, such as plants, minerals and earth metals, tea washes, coffee washes, grinding natural pigments, making wali/ joining papers to make water absorbent paper, burnishing and illumination.

Practical Workshop:

Preparing the natural pigment such as “Gold” and lapis lazuli / Illumination and gilding artwork on paper. The participants will grind gold leaves mix with gum Arabic and apply with brush on paper.

This talk and workshop is supported by Backwater Artists Group, Cork Printmakers, the Lavit Gallery and Cork City Council Arts Office through the Arts Council of Ireland’s In The Open – Faoin Spéir award: A curated programme of multi-disciplinary, inclusive arts activities in community outdoor spaces running from July 2021-April 2022