Modern-Medieval Illumination

Create a medieval illumination inspired artwork, with modern touches!

Learn how to paint over a paper template using oak gall ink, ‘shell’ gold and gouache, an opaque watercolour, and in the spirit of medieval mischievousness, you’ll be encouraged to invent and draw your own drolleries in the margins.

In Il libro dell'arte (The Craftsman's Handbook) Cennino Cennini suggests burnishing your gold with the tooth of a lion, wolf or cat’s tooth (indeed any animal that feeds decently on flesh) but in this session you will have a have a chance to use a traditional agate stone burnishing tool.

This workshop is suitable for all experience levels aged 12 and up, and at the end, you’ll go home with a medieval-inspired artwork using modern materials. This artwork can be yours to treasure, or to gift on to another. All participants under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver for the duration of the session.

Kushana Bush is an artist living and working in Ōtepoti, New Zealand. Her residencies and awards include the University of Otago Frances Hodgkins Fellowship in 2011 and New Zealand Arts Foundation New Generation Award in 2013. Her major solo exhibition and publication The Burning Hours was toured by Dunedin Public Art Gallery throughout New Zealand from 2016–17. Her work has been included in exhibitions internationally including Australia, South America and the United Kingdom.

1pm– 4pm Sunday 7 December
DPAG Classroom
$10 per person, limited spaces, book here: 
Workshop: Modern-Medieval Illumination Guided By Artist Kushana Bush - Dunedin - Eventfinda

[Image courtesy of the artist]