Coming soon on Lopez Island, WA this summer 2023! Stay tuned for more updates.
WHAT IS A FRESH PRESSED WORKSHOP ?
Fresh Pressed Workshops is a creative and fun way to play using the bounty of nature’s elements. Do you want to connect with interesting, fun and like-minded people? Start your own pressed flower practice ? Incorporate some flower pressing techniques into your art practice? Or maybe you just want to relax, enjoy yourself and make something beautiful? This workshop is for you.
This class requires no previous pressed flower or artistic experience. Everyone can achieve delightful results right from the start, and well-practiced experts can continue to develop their skills to produce truly exquisite work. All levels are welcome to join.
Choosing flowers is as much fun as pressing and mounting, but creating pressed flower designs is where the magic happens. Some of your best designs will almost “arrange” themselves like pieces in a puzzle. Above all, be receptive to the many ideas suggested by the flowers themselves. Trust me on this, and you will see.
The art of botanicals and pressed flowers is trending into one of contemporary art’s most popular and imaginative practices. Flower pressing is a fulfilling practice and few other art forms offer so much variety in what you can create.
Press On, Let’s Play!
WHO IS AMANDA ?
Amanda’s mixed media work fuses materials from the natural world into graphic works of art. Each piece is made with layers of collaged materials such as dried flowers, leaves, sticks, moss, and sealed in a layer of encaustic wax, or epoxy resin, for example..
Born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and later being raised in Richmond, VA., Amanda has a background career in advertising. Feeling inspired to create with her own works, she left the corporate world to pursue her passions. She “reset” her life by going back to school studying Graphic Design from The Portfolio Center in Atlanta, GA. In 2009, she began working with nature’s elements, developing a novel idea: the art of pressed flowers + graphic design.
Amanda produces her own exhibitions and pressed flower workshops in various locations across the country. She shows her creations in a cross-section of traditional and non-traditional venues. If you’re interested in having a show with her, or hosting a workshop in your city or country, please reach out!
