Nature Collage Workshop With Cleo (1 Aug ’26)
Join us for a calming and creative morning as we explore the art of nature-inspired collage.In this workshop, we’ll immerse ourselves in the textures, colours, and forms found in the natural world. The session will begin with a demonstration on how to press botanicals — sharing practical tips, tools, and techniques for creating your own beautifully preserved plant materials at home. Participants will also have access to a curated assortment of pre-pressed leaves, petals, grasses, and natural fragments to incorporate into their collage artworks.
Alongside botanical elements, attendees are welcome to integrate additional mixed-media materials such as photographs, drawings, papers, or found textures. We’ll explore how natural forms can be paired with graphic and abstract elements to create striking compositions rooted in theme, intention, and visual storytelling. Nature collage offers a refreshing, intuitive process, one that allows artists to work playfully, build layers organically, and uncover unexpected combinations.
Whether you’re new to collage or diving deeper into your creative practice, this workshop offers a restorative space to slow down, experiment, and re-engage with the details of the natural world.
Date: Saturday, 1 August 2026
Time: 9:30 – 12/12:30
Place: The Deckle Edge @ 13 Brickfield Road, Salt River
Capacity: Limited to 15 participants — booking essential
(all materials included)
All materials provided, (participants are also welcome to bring any images or materials they’d like to use):
- Pre-pressed botanicals
- Printed images and found imagery
- Collage papers and book pages
- Glue sticks, liquid glue and tapes
- Scissors and basic cutting tools
- Paper and collage bases to work on.
You will also receive a 10% Deckle shopping coupon for the day of the workshop
Recommended age: All welcome from 14 years and up.
What you will learn:
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How to press botanicals at home (demonstration + practical tips)
-
Ways to integrate natural materials into collage compositions
-
Approaches to theme and intention
-
Techniques for layering, combining and arranging mixed media
-
Using collage as both an expressive final medium and a planning tool final works
About the facilitatior:
My name is Chloe, nickname ‘Cleo’, and I am a visual artist and workshop instructor living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. I graduated with a BA (Fine Art) from Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2014 and completed my Masters in Visual Art through UNISA in 2021.
I have exhibited my work in various venues and galleries in Cape Town and abroad, including AVA Gallery, Youngblood Gallery, State of the Art Galley, Gallery ONE 11 and Art B Gallery, as well as Casa Petrarca, Figline Valdarno and Studio BONG in Florence, Italy, and at The Small Print Co. in London.
I regularly host cyanotype workshops, as well as other alternative photographic workshops such as Lumen, Phytogram and Polaroid Emulsion Lift workshops.
*If you need to cancel your workshop booking, please let us know by 11 a.m the weekday before the workshop. To help us support the facilitator, late cancellations will not be refunded. A credit for future events could be granted at our discretion.
R850.00
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Join us for a calming and creative morning as we explore the art of nature-inspired collage.In this workshop, we’ll immerse ourselves in the textures, colours, and forms found in the natural world. The session will begin with a demonstration on how to press botanicals — sharing practical tips, tools, and techniques for creating your own beautifully preserved plant materials at home. Participants will also have access to a curated assortment of pre-pressed leaves, petals, grasses, and natural fragments to incorporate into their collage artworks.
Alongside botanical elements, attendees are welcome to integrate additional mixed-media materials such as photographs, drawings, papers, or found textures. We’ll explore how natural forms can be paired with graphic and abstract elements to create striking compositions rooted in theme, intention, and visual storytelling. Nature collage offers a refreshing, intuitive process, one that allows artists to work playfully, build layers organically, and uncover unexpected combinations.
Whether you’re new to collage or diving deeper into your creative practice, this workshop offers a restorative space to slow down, experiment, and re-engage with the details of the natural world.
Date: Saturday, 1 August 2026
Time: 9:30 – 12/12:30
Place: The Deckle Edge @ 13 Brickfield Road, Salt River
Capacity: Limited to 15 participants — booking essential
(all materials included)
All materials provided, (participants are also welcome to bring any images or materials they’d like to use):
- Pre-pressed botanicals
- Printed images and found imagery
- Collage papers and book pages
- Glue sticks, liquid glue and tapes
- Scissors and basic cutting tools
- Paper and collage bases to work on.
You will also receive a 10% Deckle shopping coupon for the day of the workshop
Recommended age: All welcome from 14 years and up.
What you will learn:
-
How to press botanicals at home (demonstration + practical tips)
-
Ways to integrate natural materials into collage compositions
-
Approaches to theme and intention
-
Techniques for layering, combining and arranging mixed media
-
Using collage as both an expressive final medium and a planning tool final works
About the facilitatior:
My name is Chloe, nickname ‘Cleo’, and I am a visual artist and workshop instructor living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. I graduated with a BA (Fine Art) from Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2014 and completed my Masters in Visual Art through UNISA in 2021.
I have exhibited my work in various venues and galleries in Cape Town and abroad, including AVA Gallery, Youngblood Gallery, State of the Art Galley, Gallery ONE 11 and Art B Gallery, as well as Casa Petrarca, Figline Valdarno and Studio BONG in Florence, Italy, and at The Small Print Co. in London.
I regularly host cyanotype workshops, as well as other alternative photographic workshops such as Lumen, Phytogram and Polaroid Emulsion Lift workshops.
*If you need to cancel your workshop booking, please let us know by 11 a.m the weekday before the workshop. To help us support the facilitator, late cancellations will not be refunded. A credit for future events could be granted at our discretion.
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