Wild Dot is a botanical inkmaking studio that has been exploring the colour palettes of various sites in Singapore since 2019. Our practice with natural colours is grounded in our personal desires to connect with our land through making with our hands, and collaborating with like-minded communities to explore the stories behind the colours we find and create.
We share our values and creative process through holding workshops, talks, community art programmes and exhibitions, as well as curating educational painting kits, made locally with plants found in Singapore.
Activating spaces for interactive learning on plants and colours
Hosting educational programmes based on various sites around Singapore
Making artworks with
plant and mineral pigments
We offer experiential sessions in making plant- and earth-based colours for schools, workplaces, and personal practice. Sessions can take place in your neighbourhood, community-managed gardens, or our studio, inviting participants to notice what grows around them through colours and sensory invitations.
Our work has been featured on the CNA series “Growing Wild” and Lianhe Zaobao. We were awarded the Good Design Research grant in 2021 to develop colour pigments with roadside prunings in Singapore and have worked with various groups to support their SG Ecofund initiative.
Painting kits made with natural pigments.
Paints suitable for other surfaces. Mediums we have worked with: wood, unfired clay, wall, paper.
We update our newsletter every month with little creative inspirations and reflections from our making experiments.
For those who are keen to work with natural material more consistently in your own practices, we also run a study group. We organize monthly events and sharings in a small Telegram group for people to connect and learn with each other.
