In this hands-on masterclass, artist Jane Kim will demonstrate the tree ring printing process used to create the artworks of Treasured Trees. Attendees will acquire basic know-how of the skills and tools required to practice this beautiful technique at home.
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About the Speaker
Jane is a visual artist, science illustrator, and the founder of Ink Dwell. Her art career started when she was a little girl, obsessively painting flowers and bears on the walls of her bedroom. She received more formal training with a BFA in Printmaking from RISD and then attended CSU Monterey Bay, where she received a master’s certificate in Science Illustration. She has created large-scale public art across the country, including the Wall of Birds at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and produced works for the National Aquarium, the de Young Museum, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and more. She is the creator of the Migrating Mural campaign, a series of public installations that highlight wildlife along migration corridors it shares with people. She still enjoys painting flowers and bears, though nowadays she doesn’t get in trouble for painting on the walls.
As the inaugural Forest Fellow of the Sempervirens Fund, the oldest land trust in California and one dedicated to the protection of the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Jane Kim has spent the last year studying the wonders of redwood trees. In order to begin to understand the redwood, the artist learned, they can not be studied in isolation. The trees are both a product of their ecosystem and a force that transforms it. Using the tree itself, the artwork begins with ink impressions of the tree rings collected from Camp Jones Gulch.
Accessibility: This workshop will take place outdoors in the amphitheater of Tyrrell Park next to the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. The amphitheater is accessed by stairs or a semi-paved pathway through the park (it is not fully ADA accessible). Restrooms are available in the Museum. Please wear warm layers. In the event of rain, we will shift this program indoors.
Ticket Price: $40 general, $35 member
Age limit: 13 years and up
Location: Amphitheater in Tyrrell Park outside the Museum
Materials: artist provided, notepads, and pencils
