Ink Making Workshop at Corners — An Art & Design store in the Catskills, upstate New York. Copy

Sunday Dec 8th 3-5pm at Corners
49 Main St. Livingston Manor, New York

Join artist and industrial designer Leslie Muller for an ink-making workshop where the Catskills itself becomes your collaborator. Using materials foraged from the Catskills—from Black Walnut hulls to rusted metal scraps to other hidden gems—we’ll transform found materials into richly pigmented, one-of-a-kind inks.

This hands-on session will teach you the essentials of creating your own pigments, from simple tools to techniques that bring out the magic of each material. Making ink is as much about alchemy as it is about art—a blend of curiosity, experimentation, and attention to both our natural and urban landscapes.

All materials are provided, and no experience is needed. Just bring an open mind and a willingness to get your hands dirty. Leave with a bottle of your own handmade ink, new skills, and a deeper connection to the natural world.

About Your Workshop Leader: Leslie Muller

Leslie a seasoned artist and industrial designer with a profound passion for merging the natural world with creative expression. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts from Skidmore College and a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute, where she honed her ability to blend artistic vision with practical design.  With years of experience in both the fine arts and design industries, Leslie has developed a unique approach to art-making that emphasizes sustainability and innovation. Her work often involves the use of foraged materials, transforming natural elements into vibrant, expressive inks and pigments.

Exploring both the urban and rural landscapes, Leslie is a master of coaxing color from natural elements and releasing their full color potential thought elemental interactions. She works primarily on paper with plants and minerals she harvests on her daily adventures in her world. Through observations coupled with a curious, scientific and experimental mind, Leslie immerses herself in not only the environment but also in alternative processes. Leslie pushes the boundaries of process and medium creating a detailed archive of potential colors that informs her sensuous hand painted works, Leslie carefully forages and harvests elements from both the urban and rural wild. In her studio workshop/laboratories in NYC and upstate NY these natural treasures are unlocked to display their fuller potential. She documents and shares this immersive work through her engaging and informative posts on instagram.