EriN IVY

Workshops

Place-based art experiences. Handmade art materials.

Pricing

An evening riverside scene along the Thames River in London, Ontario, featuring a carefully constructed ephemeral artwork on a smooth stone: layered rings of tiny pebbles, pressed wildflowers, and thin strips of bark forming a delicate halo pattern. The stone rests at the edge where water meets shore, with blurred reflections of bridge lights shimmering in the background. Soft, blue-hour ambient light mingles with warm, distant city glow, creating a subtle contrast between natural forms and urban presence. Captured from a low angle, the stone in crisp focus and the river gently blurred, the photographic image feels contemplative, place-specific, and sophisticated, suggesting quiet dialogue between the artist’s work and the surrounding landscape.

Community

$180

Half-day riverside walkshop for small local groups

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A meticulously arranged flat lay of natural art materials gathered from an urban woodland in London, Ontario: lichen-dusted twigs, smooth river stones, pressed maple leaves in muted reds and ochres, pale birch bark scrolls, and small bundles of dried wild grasses tied with linen thread. All rest on a cool grey, subtly textured concrete surface that hints at city architecture. Soft, diffused overcast light from the top of the frame gently illuminates the scene, creating refined shadows and revealing delicate textures. Photographic realism at an eye-level overhead angle, with a shallow depth of field softening the edges, evokes a sophisticated, contemplative mood and a quiet dialogue between nature and place-focused art-making.

Institutional

$420

Full-day collaborative installation for schools or galleries

Book session

About Erin

A single, elegantly composed nature assemblage laid out on a weathered wooden tabletop: a circular arrangement of locally foraged seed pods, curled oak leaves, and fragments of eggshell-white stone, forming a refined mandala. A narrow, rectangular glass dish nearby holds carefully labeled samples of London, Ontario soil in subtly different earth tones. Late afternoon window light falls from the left, casting long, graceful shadows and warm highlights along the subtle grain of the wood. Photographic realism with a centered, slightly elevated composition and crisp focus throughout, creating a calm, gallery-like atmosphere that feels both scientific and poetic, emphasizing the sophistication of place-based nature art.

Aarav Sharma

A close-up photographic portrait of a small, intricate sculpture made from intertwined willow twigs, translucent dried leaves, and threads of hand-spun plant fiber, standing on a minimalist matte-black plinth. Behind it, an out-of-focus backdrop reveals hints of a white-walled studio and a large map of London, Ontario, pinned with dried plant samples. Gentle north-facing studio light evenly bathes the sculpture, revealing the fine veins in the leaves and the subtle sheen of the fibers, while a faint rim light from the right defines its silhouette. Shot at eye level with shallow depth of field and asymmetrical framing, the mood is sophisticated, serene, and quietly experimental, emphasizing photographic realism and refined organic detail.

Mateo García

An evening riverside scene along the Thames River in London, Ontario, featuring a carefully constructed ephemeral artwork on a smooth stone: layered rings of tiny pebbles, pressed wildflowers, and thin strips of bark forming a delicate halo pattern. The stone rests at the edge where water meets shore, with blurred reflections of bridge lights shimmering in the background. Soft, blue-hour ambient light mingles with warm, distant city glow, creating a subtle contrast between natural forms and urban presence. Captured from a low angle, the stone in crisp focus and the river gently blurred, the photographic image feels contemplative, place-specific, and sophisticated, suggesting quiet dialogue between the artist’s work and the surrounding landscape.

Zuri Ndlovu