Exhibition and Artist Residency; Matchbox Gallery, Yinnar

 Inkpot Alchemists are having an Exhibition and Artist residency at Matchbox Gallery   on Main Street Yinnar from 19 March 2026- 17 April 2026 with an Opening for the public on Sunday 22 March 2026 with light refreshments and discussion from noon- all welcome

We will be showing some of our Inkpot Alchemy work with the natural inks we make from botanical materials from the bush and our gardens. There will be an opportunity to come and sit and stitch if you are inclined ( I will make sure I have some stitching things available so you only need bring yourself and the inclination to stitch. 

There will be workshops;

For children on 4/5/6 April from 1-3 pm in the presence of a responsible adult please

Adult workshops 11 & 12 April from 1-4 pm  with a cost for materials of $10.

Please contact me if you are interested.

We had a lot of fun with the 3 day workshop we did at Cheryl's property at Tanjil South the previous two weekends and it gave us lots of insights into developing this kind of workshop further which includes immersing you in nature and hopefully recalibrating mind sets and opening new insights and discussion. I share some images from the workshop.

We were favoured by gorgeous weather which allowed us to do some consolidating of our thoughts under the shade of a wonderful blackwood- it was a little on the idyllic side. Julie Murray a friend of Cheryl's had led us through the lowland forested area to help raise our awareness of the type of plants occurring and the layers of discovery to be had.

I have been doing a lot of reading by writers of nature, but I think my favourite is by Annamaria Weldon and her book of essays, poetry and photographs entitled The Lake's Apprentice- her beautiful writing about Yalgorup National Park near Perth ( I see the book is on special for $10 which is a bargain!), I also love the Bruno Leti Workbook 15 from Readings which is also on special for $15 ( another absolute bargain). I think these two books ( though  Bruno's book is not exactly about nature all the time but it is some of the time, particularly in relation to River Redgums) really appeal to me as both  are migrants and have come to love certain places in Australia, much as I have. Bruno went to a very similar place in Australia as I did and at a similar age as a child as I did; I really feel an affinity with many things he tries to express even his recent work in relation to Italy- the place that was once home to him. I like these two books because they are both artistic responses to place and nature- very different but give lots of food for thought.

So please do come and join us at matchbox Gallery from Thursday next week.