Bookmark Making with Invasive Plants

As winter settles in and seeds rest beneath the soil, cozy up with a good book—and a handmade bookmark! In this workshop you'll transform locally harvested invasive plants from restoration sites into unique bookmarks using recycled paper and basic papermaking techniques. Along the way, we'll discuss local ecology and the significance of plants like English ivy, reed canary grass, tansy, and buttercup.

All supplies will be provided. Suitable for ages 10 and up.

About the instructor

Joshua Ralph is a settler-occupier of Scottish, English, French, and Métis ancestry from Treaty 2 Territory. They are a community-engaged media and eco-artist interested in changed and changing ecologies, whose work resides at the intersection of “nature” and creative outputs.

Joshua has a professional background in environmental field work, programming development, and commercial artwork. Blending these fields of study, he works between story and the materiality of invasive plants, seeking to invoke inquiry into presumed relationships held to urban environments.

He has been recognized in publications such as The National Observer for his ongoing environmental outreach projects, with work exhibited both nationally and internationally, including in New York, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Innsbruck.