Category Archives: Nature Journal

Oak Leaves, a Storm, the Pond

Posted on May 14, 2020 by AnnIsikArts

The pool Glows at her feet, and all the gloomy rocks Are brightened round her. (Wordsworth, The Excursion) A little experiment with oak leaves on cotton fabric. The leaves arrived on the high wind, blown over the hedge, a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Art Notes, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Monoprinting, Nature Journal, Printmaking | Tagged Oak Leaves, Print on Cotton, Wordsworth The Excursion | 11 Comments

Little Maps of Trees is at The Other Art Fair London

Posted on July 1, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

The Tiny Sketchbook Project, which includes my tiny book of tiny eco prints Little Maps of Trees, has just been on show at the SLOW Galerie in Paris. It’s now walked poetically to London, where it’s on show at The … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Artist Books, Artist Sketchbooks, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Nature Journal, Printmaking | Tagged Artist Book, Eco Print, The Sketcbook Project, Tiny Sketchbook Project | 5 Comments

Tiny Sketchbook Project: Sent

Posted on February 18, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

I finished my tiny sketchbook the morning of the 14th February – St Valentine’s Day, though instead of a bunch of red roses I was gifted with a paint and varnish scraper. I drove into town to post my book … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Artist Books, Artist Sketchbooks, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Nature Journal, Printmaking | Tagged Eco Print, Emerald Tablet, Hermes Trismegistus, Pseudo Apollonius of Tyana, Tiny Sketchbook Project | 2 Comments

Tiny Sketchbook Project: Front Cover

Posted on February 8, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

Posted in Art, Artist Books, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Nature Journal, Printmaking | Tagged Artist Book, Eco Print, Tiny Sketchbook Project | 3 Comments

Tiny Sketchbook Project: A Two-Page Spread

Posted on February 7, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

Almost finished. A two-page spread from my Tiny Sketchbook for the Tiny Sketchbook Project touring exhibition. I’m sending this from The Forest of Souls, where I’m holed-up writing my next very long blog.

Posted in Art, Art Journal, Artist Books, Artist Sketchbooks, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Nature Journal, Printmaking | Tagged Eco Print, Forest of Souls, Tiny Art Book, Tiny Sketchbook Project | 5 Comments

Taking a Walk with Pussy Willow An-Dro into the (Negative) Space of Possibility

Posted on March 18, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

Like the other eco prints on watercolour paper in the batch made the other week, this is a pair of mirror image prints. Quite by chance (if you believe in coincidence – I don’t) there’s an inner circle of imprints … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Inspiration, Nature Journal, Printmaking, Research, spirituality | Tagged A Woman is a Weather Cock, An-Dro, Bible, Breton Circle Dance, Celtic Festivals, Christian Festivals, Circle Dance, Circle of Eight, Eco Printing, Figure of Eight Ice Skating, Flowers and Flower Lore, John Aubrey, Leviticus XXIII.40, Meaning of Eight, Metaphysics of Figure of Eight, Michael Drayton, Nathan Field, Nautical Knot Figure of Eight, Pussy Willow, Pythagorean Numerology, Rev Hilderic Friend, The Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, Willow, Willow Pattern | 16 Comments

Secret Studio

Posted on October 20, 2017 by AnnIsikArts

This was my secret studio during the period of The Great Transition, where I began to discover the eco collograph. It’s the shed at our allotment. It has a veranda which we closed in with trellising, including the trellis door … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Allotmenteering, Art, Art Journal, Collage & Assemblage, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Ecology, Inspiration, Nature Journal, Printmaking, Vegetarianism | Tagged Allotmenteering, art studio, Eco Collography, Printing with Herbs | 2 Comments

Chinese Lanterns and Draconids

Posted on October 8, 2017 by AnnIsikArts

I promised in my last blog to turn up by the light of Chinese lanterns. Well, here they are – some eco collographs using these spectacular flowers. And if you’re anywhere north, don’t miss out on the weekend’s Draconid Meteor … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Art Journal, Collage & Assemblage, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Nature Journal, Printmaking | Tagged Chinese Lanterns, Draconids, Eco Collography, Meteor Shower, Monoprinting, Sumac, Yunani | 14 Comments

First Art from Beyond The Great Transition: Eco Collographs with Healing Sumac and Turmeric, Light and Emily Dickinson

Posted on October 2, 2017 by AnnIsikArts

Picking up from where I left off before The Great Transition – which has taken all of six months and still living in some chaos – I was very happy to find a few hours to make a batch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Artist Sketchbooks, Collage & Assemblage, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Nature Journal, Printmaking, Science | Tagged Aaron Copland, Barbara Bonney, Diotima of Mantinea, Eco Collograph, Emily Dickinson, Ladder of Love, Monoprint, Polychromatic Light, Staghorn Sumac, Turmeric | 2 Comments

Purple Sage, Accolade

Posted on July 21, 2017 by AnnIsikArts

Purple Sage (Eco Collograph) “Practicing creativity in every way we can think of feels like the most powerful response to current events that we can make. Adding to the beauty of the world and allowing our work to reflect the … Continue reading →