I love printing and, because I don't get too hung up on the precise accuracy of it (shock horror!), the best bit is not quite knowing what will happen.
Last week, Annie Smith from Textilia 3 showed me how to print with nothing more sophisticated that a handful of bramble leaves and a solution of rust and vinegar. A little concertina book of paper was first soaked in the rust and vinegar solution, then leaves were placed in the folds of the pages. It was firmly clamped together and placed in a steamer for 15 minutes. The result is a fantastic tracery of veins and outlines, some like delicate butterfly wings, others were ghostly shadows.
True alchemy and a little bit of serendipity!
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