Results from the Last Post

I thought I would show what the results were from the last post. The knapweed came out really well, the arrowleaf balsamroot was still a bit light. I used them here with dry oak leaves from last fall.

Sorry about the wrinkles, I no longer iron eco prints that have not been washed, too hard on the iron!

I am having some surgery this week and so I am not sure when I will post again. Since I won't be able to drive for two weeks (yikes!) I may be so bored I could end up posting everyday, but hopefully I will wait until I am done with the prescription pain meds-although that could be pretty funny!

Monday, Monday

I went out walking yesterday and discovered that the knapweed is tall enough to use and that at least some of the arrowleaf balsamroot is blooming, which means it should be about ready to print with. The plant pictures were not meant to be quite so artsy-fartsy, it was raining so I didn't take the time to really check to see what the images looked like. Apparently, if you use your finger to clean off the lense this is what you get in the way of special effects!

Knapweed 

Arrowleaf balsamroot.

Both laid out with dried golden currant leaves from last fall, as we have no leaves on the trees yet.

Ready to steam! One has the currant leaves and the other one is with oak leaves. I also used a couple of burdock leaves in one of them, I can't remember if it prints or not, we shall see.

I used fabric that had been pretreated with steel wool, so the knapweed is green. I will have to open them up in a few days to see if I picked the balsamroot too early or not.  The leaves need to have lost their fuzz, so the plant is blooming, but they also can't be too old or they won't print either. I have some scarves pretreated with alum, which will make both knapweed and balsamroot print yellow, I may have to do that in the next couple of days.

Finally!

"Inspiration exists, but it must find us working." Pablo Picasso

Not the greatest photography in the world (it seems to me every time they update the phone they make a bigger mess out of the camera) but it is good to get into the studio and work. Work always leads me to new ideas. This is a variety of eco prints on the left and some tansy dye down on the end at left. Both shades of yellow and the green are from tansy.

Spring at Last???

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."

Hal Borland