The garden is growing ! I ’m always inspired to bring plants into the studio to get their beauty on newspaper . I ’ve been playing around with three photographic print - bring in methods that contain the beauty of nature : stamping with real leave-taking , pound the colour from the leaves and form the leaves on newspaper by steam . The photographic print made from each of these technique can be used for making cards , stationary , book , wrapping paper or artwork to be framed .
Stamping With Leaves
Stamping is very easy and a fun labor to do with the kids .
What You’ll Need:
Crafting It
pick out leaves that have grievous veining . Squeeze out the paint onto a pallet — glass or newspaper plates work great . Brush the back of the leaf lightly with pigment , but avoid using too much , as it will smudge . ( It takes a piffling practice session to get the correct amount . ) Lay the folio pigment side down on the paper , and carefully cover with waxed paper . cast the brayer over the foliage . Gently remove the wax paper and leafage to reveal the print .
Pounded-Leaf Prints
Pounding creates a more abstractionist folio pattern , but it ’s fascinating to see the photographic print emerge from the color in the leave of absence .
What You’ll Need
Lay the folio vein side down on the newspaper publisher . put a paper towel over the leaf , and pound with a hammer until you’re able to see the coloring and shape of the leaf come through the newspaper towel . It will take some time to gain every part of the foliage . cautiously remove the towel and leaf to reveal the print .
Steam Prints
Steaming is a little more complicated natural dyestuff process that bring forth an interesting image of leave of absence on newspaper . Prepare the rust water a week ahead , and allow a couple twenty-four hours for the prints to form on the paper and dry .
Make alum weewee by dissolving the alum into a 1/2 cup stewing water . Add to a basin of piddle large enough to hold the newspaper . Place the newspaper into the alum water supply slice by piece , so each piece will inebriate equally . lie a tile on top to keep the paper overwhelm in the water . Soak for a yoke hours , or up to overnight — depending on the speciality of your report .
While the paper is douse , gather leaves and military press between newspaper under a heavy book to flatten them slightly .
Make a sandwich with a tile on the bottom and a tile on the top . bed the paper with leave of absence , brushing each foliage with iron piss as you add it . newspaper , leaf , iron water , paper , folio , branding iron H2O , etc . , topping it off with a roofing tile . I did 12 pieces of newspaper in the mass . The foliage will print on both English of the paper . Sometimes this is a secure matter when it adds a dim figure coming through . If you want more distinct photographic print , add an extra canvass of paper between leaf sandwiches : paper , folio , iron water , newspaper publisher — newspaper , leaf , iron water supply , paper , etc . Tie the bundle together with cotton fiber drawing string .
set up up the steamer with at least 1 in of piddle in the bottom . You may have to add more as the steaming march on . Do n’t lease the locoweed boil dry .
Place your roofing tile bundle on the rack and place a brick or large weight that can hold up H2O on top of the bundle to compress it as much as potential . Steam for 2 hours . Turn off the estrus and leave the lid on the pot to cool down overnight .
Patricia Lehnhardt
Now , you could entrust your bundle to print for another Clarence Shepard Day Jr. or two , or cut the strings and seem in the morning . Allow the prints to dry on a rack , and pressure under heavy weights for a Clarence Day or two to flatten .
Patricia Lehnhardt
Patricia Lehnhardt
