This program is for families with children between ages 5 and 12. Registered kids must be accompanied by a registered adult. Pre-registration is required to attend this program. Online registration closes at 12pm on Thursday, September 7th, unless it is sold out first. If the program is sold out, please complete the online registration to be added to the waitlist. You will not be charged to be added to the waitlist. If you have further questions, please email Camilla Voelker at camilla@blandfordnaturecenter.org.
Join us for a day of make and play with botanical inks! Gabrielle Eisma is a children’s book illustrator, designer, and natural inkmaker–and she can’t wait to share a few tips of the trade with you and your family! Bring your young artists and scientists (ages five and above), your sense of wonder at the colors of nature, and let’s get messy! You'll take home a detailed color chart from the process, a packet on how to start your own natural inks at home, and one ink bottled from the class for each registrant.
This program is for families with children between ages 5 and 12.
About the Instructor Gabrielle Eisma:
Gabrielle is an illustrator for (mostly) children, a fine artist, and a botanical ink maker. She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she spends the spring, summer, and fall foraging for natural pigments outside with her dog and anyone else that she can convince to hike alongside her—most of the time that person being her dad. In the winter, she looks forward to doing it all over again. Gabrielle forages, boils, and bottles her own small-batch inks from botanical and natural sources around her.
Price:
Adult members: $30
Adult non-members: $33
Child member: $15
Child non-member: $17
Please Note: This program will be held indoors.
COVID-19 Information: As of January 1, 2023, face coverings are not required while participating in programs indoors or outdoors at Blandford. Blandford will continue to monitor local COVID rates and reserves the right to reinstate masking requirements for staff, general visitors, and program participants of all ages, regardless of vaccination status, if community health concerns arise. Blandford will notify program participants if this policy changes before a scheduled program takes place. Participants should not attend a program if they show any signs of infectious illness, including cough, fever, headache, runny nose, vomiting or diarrhea.
Cancellation Policy: Notice must be received at least 7 days before the scheduled program to receive a 75% refund. There will be no refunds issued after that time. Due to processing fees, full refunds are not available. All Community Programs will be held unless there is severe weather. Please come prepared for the elements as refunds are not available for weather-related conditions except in the case of severe weather. All Community Programs will have a registrant minimum. If the minimum is not met, you will be contacted by Blandford Nature Center and notified of your refund options.
