Eco-printing is a special technique where the plant makes a natural print. In this image, on a beautiful, twill-woven cotton. In this work, I chose one type of leaf: maple leaves. A combination of the large leaves of the wild field maple - which stands next to my studio - and the pointed Asian garden variety.
The wild blackberries were an experiment; these give the dark prints. If you look closely, you can recognise another blackberry in them. The white prints are petals sprinkled loosely over the collage. The maple leaves react very strongly in the steam bath and make a razor-sharp print.
The blue comes from the pigment bluewood I used around the leaves. The light lines at the top are the imprint of the binding thread used to tie the ecoprint together before it goes into the steam pot.
An enchanting scene that reminds me of a night sky under a bright moon.
                                
 
                                 
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