Making ink from a plant is not just extracting color It’s translating the landscape. Each hue holds the breath of the season, the scent of the soil, and the memory of where it grew.
Upcoming workshops:
Inks and Drinks at Forgaer Craft 2/22/26 Paint with plant-based inks while enjoying local, foraged fruit wine
Inks and Drinks: Pet Portraits Solarc Brewing 3/15/2026 Paint your pet with botanical inks while drinking locally foraged wine
Botaincal Ink Making: 2 day intensive Forager craft 3/28-3/29 Do a deep dive into plant pigments and paint with botanicals along the LA river
From Plnat to Textile: Esalen Institute 4/10-4/12/26 Learn about the beauty of Cental California Dye plants
From Plant to Paper: Botanical ink making Esalen 4/13-4/17/26 Learn the art of plant pigments in it’s application to paper, Plein air in Esalen
Paper and brushmaking: Forager craft 4/26/26 Learn how to make your own paper and brushes from the plants that suround you
Loquat wine making Forager Craft5/2/26. Turn neighborhood loquats into small-batch wine.
Nature’s Palette Omega Institute 05/25/25-05/29/26 Sustainable color through plant-based practice in upstate New York
Foraged Fruit Wines
Through the events called, “Inks and Drinks’ you can come taste some truly wild wines and paint with botanical inks. Hosted by Forager Craft and Solarc Brewing, these afternoons are truly relaxing and inspiring.
“A wonderful workshop’ Ellen- from a workshop at forager craft
“Truly inspiring and I love that you are so honest and authentic ”- Kevin
‘The teacher, Janne Larsen, is very knowledgeable and also very approachable. She encouraged creative expression, curiosity and this opened me (and a lot of others echoed this) to explore a new medium with ease and playfulness.’ - Esalen workshop
‘Janne was an amazing teacher, very at ease in her role and had wonderful knowledge’.- Esalen