MAPh | Making scents – insights into olfactory art with scentsmith Ainslie Walker

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Making scents – insights into olfactory art with scentsmith Ainslie Walker

12 February 2023

Portrait of Ainslie Walker. Photo: supplied

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Museum of Australian Photography
Sunday 1-3pm
Cost: $120 Members discount: 10%
50 participants only
Please note this workshop is not appropriate for children
Booking essential by Friday 10 February

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For the last nine years scent designer Ainslie Walker has collaborated with Tamara Dean to create immersive, sensory experiences for Tamara’s exhibitions. For Leave only footprints Walker created three unique scents: the rich and earthy, petrichor-laden Here and Now; deep and green layered Evergreen, and Transcendence - a high energy blend of citrus florals.

Join Ainslie Walker in this workshop to learn about the world of scent and how she utilises the exciting raw materials of perfumery to paint a picture, enhance art and create an immersive experience.

Workshop inclusions...

Introduction and overview of Ainslie’s practise
A guided introduction to the exhibition Leave only footprints
Evaluation and discussion of the three fragrances in the exhibition - including how Ainslie and Tamara worked together to create them
Evaluating scents
Learn about the specific ingredients in the scents on display
A vial of your favourite scent from the exhibition
Glass of champagne and your questions answered!

Ainslie will deconstruct the fragrances she has made for the exhibition and attendees will be able to evaluate the main ingredients of these fragrances while learning about history, extraction methods and other perfume industry secrets.

About Ainslie...

Ainslie has been exploring scent since childhood. From early training in aromatherapy and naturopathy, Ainslie moved into product development and the world of perfumery. She has collaborated on extraordinary scented projects with Country Road, Disney, The Strand Arcade, Tamara Dean, Courtesy of the Artist, Aje, Frida Las Vegas, Liz Ham, Mud Australia, MONA, Lark Perfumery, Two Good Co and Carriageworks. She has won the Jasmine Award for her fragrance writing and has been recommended by and featured in titles such as Broadsheet Sydney, Concrete Playground, Good Weekend Magazine, The Australian Financial Review Magazine, Luxury Magazine, The Weekend Australia Magazine and Sydney Morning Herald.

All attendees can choose a vial of their favourite scent from the exhibition as a room spray to take home.

MAPh acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong People, and recognises their continuing connection to the land and waterways.

We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

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