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The Tiny Sketchbook Project – Some of the Eco Prints

Posted on January 23, 2019 by

A couple of shots of the tiny eco prints I’ve been making for The Tiny Sketchbook Project that’s touring Brooklyn/London/Paris later in the year. These are botanical prints from leaves gathered in my garden last autumn. The group picture is … Continue reading →

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Eco Prints on Rhubarb-Dyed Silk: Embossing, Imprinting, Staining, Washing

Posted on June 30, 2015 by

In my previous blog I showed the results of a batch of eco print bundles on paper and fabric that I’d dyed using rhubarb leaves.

The experiment included some silk samples. It was my first attempt at eco printing with silk. Continue reading →

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Two (Salvaged) Eco Prints on Khadi Paper

Posted on February 16, 2015 by

I had managed to ruin these two postcard-sized eco prints – which came out of a January batch of bundles – by adding too much encaustic wax. Drenched would be the appropriate verb to use.

They turned black and hard, like they had been smoked over an open fire. The leaf patterning was obliterated, except when held up to light.

Eco Print on Khadi Paper 15 February 2015I laid them aside, knowing I ought to dispose of them,but couldn’t.

I forgot about them. Then yesterday the idea came to me that I should … Continue reading →

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Photopolymer Etching: a New Walk to Map

Posted on December 2, 2014 by

A couple of weekends ago I took part in a photopolymer etching workshop at Intra, an art venue hosting a diversity of creative events and classes and in particular, it has a splendid collection of specialist arts equipment and facilities for fine art printmaking. Continue reading →

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My First Eco Prints

Posted on November 11, 2014 by

This is one of the results of my first batch ever of eco prints. I did a number of bundles, as they are called, using leaves and flowers gathered from my own garden. I just used whatever fabrics and papers I had to hand, sandwiched the organic matter between two sheets of whatever, then rolled them up and bound them tightly. I then steamed them for an hour or so and set them aside for a week. Continue reading →

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