Workshop: 02/07/25 Foraged Botanical Ink Making with Gabrielle Eisma

Saturday February 7, 2026 10:30am-12pm 

Join ink maker, Gabrielle Eisma, for a class of colorful botanical ink making with foraged plant material. In this class, you will be introduced to many natural sources that create inks, learn how to modify homemade ink to create new colors, and learn tips and tricks for using botanical ink. You will leave with a booklet of botanical ink practices and recipes you can make in your own kitchen or studio, an experiment chart from the specially made inks from the class, and a small sample bottle of botanical ink to take home!

About the Instructor: 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 on her bicycle. In the winter, she looks forward to doing it all over again next year. Gabrielle forages, boils, and bottles her own small-batch inks from botanical and natural sources around her.

Workshop takes place at Gathered Botanicals Storefront:

781 College Ave NE

Grand Rapids, MI 49503