Saturday, June 21st, 6-9 pm
Instructor: Kate Punnett
Join Kate Punnett, sustainable florist and the founder of The August Press for a pressing and pressed flower art workshop.
The August Press is an Ottawa-based flower press and print business that creates professional level flower presses, original art and seasonal prints. These products are carried by various shops around Ontario and shipped across North America. Kate also preserves wedding bouquets and memorial flowers for clients and creates custom pressed flower art with them.
In the first part of our workshop, we will break down individual characteristics of flowers and learn how to press them successfully. We will explore variables such as moisture, shape and time and will experience the alchemy of bringing a fresh live flower into its pressed forever state.
Each participant will be given a small fresh local bouquet to press. You will need to bring your own press for this or some heavy books. There will also be the option to pre-purchase a flower press from The August Press and have it ready for you to work with at the workshop.
The second part of this workshop looks at already pressed flowers and how to create art with them. You will create an 8x10" finished framed pressed floral piece from pressed flowers.
Join Kate, a former resident of Guelph, and kick off the summer preserving the bounty of locally grown pressed flowers!
All Materials Included.
