I was invited by Gulcin Anmac Hoca, a prominent Turkish miniature and illumination artist and anthropologist, last Wednesday, December 5th, 2018, to give a workshop on Making Natural Pigments to her miniature students at Yildiz Sale Kosku in Istanbul. Meeting Gulcin Hoca was a dream, and delivering a workshop to her students is a bigger honour. We had lots of fun making pigments, discussing the process and the material, and contemplating the beauty and abundance of colours, which are one incredible manifestation of Divine creation.