Earth Pigment Making Workshop

The Roundwood Series #4 - Imbolc

Earth Pigment Making Workshop

Join us in Roundwood to celebrate the Spring Equinox with a full-day workshop led by Elida Maiques and Malú Colorín. This is the fourth session of the 4-part Roundwood Series: a celebration of the seasons. We will celebrate the spring with a mindful walk to observe trees and gather soil and rocks. We will then regroup in the Roundwood Community Hall to observe what we gathered and have an informal conversation about what awaits with the longer days. After a short lunch break, we will make watercolours from the soil and rocks we gathered and use them to paint the objects we found and more!

Workshop Schedule:
11:00 - 12:00: Walk to observe and gather soft, colourful rocks and soil. Observe & draw the structure of trees.

12:00 - 12:30: Conversation & object exhibition

12:30 - 1:00: Lunch break, please bring a packed lunch! Tea, coffee and treats will be provided

1:00 - 2:00: Making watercolours from soil and rocks

2:00 - 3:00: Using our watercolours to paint the objects we found in the forest

Elida Maiques

Elida Maiques is a Wicklow-based artist with roots in Ixmulew/Guatemala and Spain. Her work, often collaborative, has been exhibited internationally. The triangle where people, art-making and wildlife meet are her focus.Wicklow Artist Award in 2025, her long term project I Am a Forest, on interdependence, includes a 9-min film has featured in multiple film festivals and was exhibited in 2024 in Canem Galeria (Spain).Between 20022 and 2024 she was Bray Library’s Seed Librarian (Ireland) and Mermaid Arts Centre (Ireland) Transform Associate Artist. In 2022 she brought her project The Sally Garden to IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) (Ireland).She loves drawing and runs the Fridayfest drawing workshop in Mermaid.

Malú Colorín

Malú Colorín is a Mexican natural dyer and designer living in West Wicklow, Ireland. She is the founder of Talú, a natural dye house and educational hub helping slow fashion lovers reconnect to colour and the Land through workshops, events & dye services. She is also the co-founder of Fibreshed Ireland, a community-supported social enterprise building networks to craft a regenerative Irish textile system based on local fibre, local dyes & local labour. Her work draws inspiration from the traditional garments of her native Mexico, while embracing the rich heritage of Irish textiles. By working slowly and mindfully, she aims to build an intimate connection with each of her dye sources, as well as the Land where they grow. Thanks to her background in graphic design, she's an avid systems thinker, constantly dreaming up ways to dismantle the interconnected systems of oppression behind climate change and social injustice.