• Create your own artpiece on wood
• Wood gathered by hand around Berlin
• A creative afternoon in an art studio
• Meet people who love wood and trees
• For you, as a gift or a memory

The wood slices belong to Birch, Eldberry, Cherry, Willow, Alder, Oak, Sumac and Maple trees. They measure aproximately 1 cm thick and are from 3 to 9 cm wide.

They are collected by a specialist from our Berlin and Brandenburg area who dries them and cuts them carefully.

I pick up Bark and sticks as well on my walks through the forest. My collection is open for you to make art with it.

• Up to two wood peaces and paints
• All materials and paint
• We lend you a shirt to protect clothes

• Relaxed, no experience needed

Paint and decorate with me your own ornaments, keychains and coasters on wood slices and bark gathered by hand by a local collector around Berlin. Wood is a very different surface from paper or canvas: every slice has its own grain, rings and texture, and the bark keeps the shape of the tree it came from. You’ll learn how to work with it, and let it guide your design.

In Germany, making art on wood is part of growing up. For many people from other parts of the world it isn’t, and this workshop is an invitation to discover it as an adult. It’s also for locals who want to go back to that childhood experience. Everyone is welcome to a calm, safe space where we can all play again.

On a relaxed afternoon at my studio “Toca Madera” in Moabit, I’ll show you simple techniques and help you with ideas, so you can create unique pieces to keep, to gift or to hold as memory charms. You will also get to learn about our local trees (they are not all autoctonous) as I love to share all I know about them. There is always space to learn more about them, also for me!

• Welcome: Arrive, settle in and enjoy something warm to drink.
• Getting to know the wood: Choose your favourite slices and bark, and discover their grain, rings and texture.
• Sketching ideas: I’ll show you simple techniques and help you find your design.
• Painting and decorating: Bring your pieces to life with colour.
• Finishing: Varnish it and add string or a keyring, so your pieces are ready to take home.

Nothing, just yourself! All materials are included, and I lend you a shirt to protect your clothes. If you like, bring photos or ideas for inspiration.

Neues Ufer 13, 10559 Berlin

My studio in Moabit (Berlin) has a beautiful sightseeing to the Canal that invites to contemplate the trees and the open skies, surrounded by my art on wood.

Mx Jo Watson
Email: workshops@watsonart.com