NATURE TOKENS
Press a walk into clay
Small air-dry clay tokens made with the leaves, seeds and flowers you gather outside
I started this on an autumn walk with full pockets
A seed head here, a fern frond there, a leaf with a hole a beetle made. Most of it used to dry and crumble on my windowsill. This year I wanted to keep those walks in a way that lasts, so I started pressing them into clay.
This is what I want to share with you.
What you will make
Small tokens that keep a season
You gather what catches your eye and press it into air-dry clay. Each token keeps the print of a leaf, a seed head or a flower from that day.
They can go into a journal or an artist book, hang on a thread, or sit on a shelf as a small record of where you walked.
INSIDE THE CLASS
A class in two parts
Part 1 · Gather, press and paint
What to look for on a walk, how to prepare the clay so it is smooth and even, how to press your botanicals for clear, detailed tokens, and how to paint them while the clay is still raw.
Part 2 · Beyond the basics
New shapes, different coatings before painting, and the many ways to use your tokens: in journals and artist books, stitched onto fabric, hung on a thread or kept as a small collection.
What you will make
Small tokens that keep a season
You gather what catches your eye and press it into air-dry clay. Each token keeps the print of a leaf, a seed head or a flower from that day.
They can go into a journal or an artist book, hang on a thread, or sit on a shelf as a small record of where you walked.
Who this is for
For anyone who loves to gather things on a walk
For complete beginners with clay
For journal makers who want small, real objects in their pages
For mixed media artists looking for a new way to bring nature into their work
Student's work
A few of the tokens made by students, each one in their own way
TWO WAYS TO KEEP THIS CLASS