Category Archives: Ecology

A Sunflower in November

Posted on November 12, 2022 by AnnIsikArts

Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there. – J R Rim Setting aside the metaphysics, this giant sunflower is growing in a pot on my patio. I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Ecology | Tagged Climate Change, Quote, Sunflower | Leave a comment

Eco Printing to the Accompaniment of Quanta Qualia

Posted on June 30, 2020 by AnnIsikArts

Made this print today while listening to composer Patrick Hawes‘ sublime Quanta Qualia, which I’m rehearsing for The Isolation Choir’s virtual Summer School. I’ve made this little sample print as part of an online course on eco printing run and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Ecology, Monoprinting, Printmaking | Tagged Eco Print on Silk, Eco Printing with Logwood | Leave a comment

Walking Covehithe

Posted on July 9, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

Walking Covehithe, the village that’s disappearing into the sea

Posted in Art, Ecology, Inspiration, Walking, Walking Art | Tagged Covehithe, St Andrews Church Covehithe | Leave a comment

A First Try at Eco-Dyeing with Staghorn Sumac (Rhus Typhina)

Posted on August 26, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

I was delighted, when we first came in May last year to inspect what was to become our new home, to find no less than four mature Staghorn Sumac trees flourishing in the garden, for I knew Sumac to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Ecology, spirituality | Tagged Dyeing with Staghorn Sumac, Eco Dyeing, Eco Printing, Natural Dyeing, Poison Sumac, Rhus Typhina, Staghorn Sumac | Leave a comment

And Another Eco Print on Watercolour Paper

Posted on February 15, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Ecology, Printmaking | Tagged Eco Print, Eco Print on Watercolour Paper | 20 Comments

Eco Print on Watercolour Paper

Posted on February 14, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Ecology, Printmaking | Tagged Bramble, Eco Print, Eco Print on Watercolour Paper, Elm Catkins, Eucalyptus, St John's Wort | Leave a comment

Happy New Year – Bring it On 2018

Posted on January 7, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

Posted in Ecology, Inspiration, spirituality | Tagged Amazon Forest, Avaaz, Clean Energy, love, Masai, Me Too, Murdoch Mafia, Paris Climate Deal, Racist Travel Banb, Too, Trump | 2 Comments

First Attempt at Dyeing with Mushrooms

Posted on October 30, 2017 by AnnIsikArts

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Ecology, Printmaking | Tagged alum, Anguis Fragilis, Ann Paulsen Harmer, British Columbia, Fenny Snake, Howlet, Macbeth, Magic in the Dyepot, mordant, Mushroom dyeing, Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, Shroomworks, Sunshine Coast | 4 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

Eco Collographs: Shaking the Tree

Posted on July 11, 2017 by AnnIsikArts

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? Logan Pearsall Smith The image above is another of my experiments with eco collographs on 300gsm watercolour paper. Look like … Continue reading →