Botanical printing on paper is one of my very favorite sustainable technique to create wonderful prints on Art paper. I have been practising it for the past 9 years and over the past few years i have shared it with small groups of participants from around the world in a wonderful location in the South West of France.
There we meet up and in a lovely remote place, pampered by a host that is truly French and not only welcomes us in his own home but also cooks wonderful food with ingredients from the daily market while his wife shares her unique studio and dye kitchen to allow us to experiment totally immersed at our heart content.
During the week our group becomes closer and as we focus on our technique the work we produce gets better and better but also we form friendship that will last and our vocabulary moves from everyday things to dye terms, names of leaves, effects, we simply meditate on our techniques. It is such a refreshing moment in this crazy world.
Over the past year I have opened the retreat to work with some cellulose fabric for some wonderful effect and we also experiment on leather for one day... we use a variety of mordanting processes learning to understand how alum and iron interact to create our prints through extensive testing... but also I have opened the doors to my new Magnesium Acetate effect...
On ou day off we walk down to the local market to buy picnic food, and other local reaches, potteries, ice cream, hand made knifes... before spending the afternoon playing with some Indigo Shibori in a most informal manner.
My retreat does not accept partners because i want our group to feel the immersion and the closeness of a retreat but partners can find something to do in the close by Toulouse and meet you at the end.
We share rooms and there are two tents to share.... Our retreat is fully immersive and from the moment you meet us the day before we start to the moment you leave after breakfast the day after we finish you can live cash free. All is included including the local glass of wine.
If you want to find out more about the program and cost scroll below... If you want to reserve one of the 8 spaces please click the link below and make the deposit payment but ... Watch out it is not refundable should you change your mind so think it through.
DEPOSIT TO SECURE A SPACE IN THE FRENCH RETREAT 2025 (3 to 9th July 2025)
This one off payment will secure you a space in the 2025 French Retreat. It will be followed by an email with confirmation and all information about dates for balance of payments etc... If you want more information email me bettysbeautifullife@gmail.com
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The deposit will secure a space, balance of the payments will be made between March and May 2025. The total cost is £1500 and the deposit is 10%.
Dates:
2nd July 2025 - Arrival at 17 h
3rd to 9th July inclusive Retreat
10th July departure after breakfast
Location:
Toulouse area.
Accomodation:
Shared rooms full board.
Food type (standard european, if you have a special diet please contact me to discuss at bettysbeautifullife@gmail.com )
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