Harvest Studio is the studio and private classroom for Cynthia Gehrie, Botanical Artist. It is the physical home of Gehrie Botanica, my Botanical Art website.
For the Living Loess Tour, I set up at Iowana Farm in the large shed where we prepare herbs for our herbal teas.
Since earning a certificate in Botanical Art at the Chicago Botanical Gardens, I paint with watercolor, pastel, carbon dust, and use my own artisan black walnut drawing ink.
I focus on wild and heirloom plants through the seasons, from seed to blossom.
I make different artisan inks from Black Walnut husks harvested at Iowana Farm. It is boiled in a small outdoor studio and stored in glass jars until it is individually filtered and bottled into artist ready drawing ink. A special, thicker ink made from aged husks is available for staining and woodworking in addition to brushwork on larger paintings.
Currently, I work in the print studio as a co-op member at the Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha. I began as a summer resident at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in 2014. In 2018 my bird next ceramics were included in The Museum of Alternative History exhibit at Kaneko in Omaha.
I have learned to translate my detailed botanical drawings and paintings into silkscreen and wood and linoleum block prints. I seek refined images that can be printed onto paper or fabric to create a variety of print layers that use multiple registrations.
Mini Art Classes for the Living Loess Season, 2016
For the 2019 season, printmaking stations will be set up for demonstration and your exploration with these methods. These include direct printing with plants and eco-printing with natural dyes and botanical materials.
Phone: 712-545-9404
Email: vdf19@msn.com
Harvest Studio on Etsy
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