Wild Garden Botanicals
Hand-printed Botanicals on Textiles & Paper
Connectedness #1, eco print on paper with pastel, 2019. On view at Troutbrook Studios in Hancock, NY until May 28, 2021
Silk scarves are now available at: Asparagus Sunshine in Delaware Water Gap, PA; Mount Pleasant Herbary, Honesdale, PA; Domesticities and the Cutting Garden in Youngsville, NY; and the DVAA Signature Gift Shop in Narrowsburg, NY; Troutbrook Studios, in Hancock, NY.
Eco printing, a contemporary application of traditional natural dyeing, combines my love of the garden and decorative design. Plant leaves and flowers are foraged from local gardens. The leaves and flowers are then arranged on textiles or paper, bundled, and steamed to extract the plant pigments (tannins) and produce a print made from the plant dyes. Various agents (such as alum acetate, iron oxide and copper sulphate) are used to react with and release the plant tannins.
Each Wild Garden Botanicals arrangement results in a unique natural art print.
Eco Prints on paper with pastel and graphite
Details on Silk and Wool
eco print on crepe de Chine
eco print on crepe de Chine
eco print on raw silk
eco print on crepe de Chine
eco print on raw silk
eco print on raw silk
eco print on silk
eco print on crepe de Chine
eco print on raw silk
eco print on habotai silk
eco print on silk
eco print on raw silk
eco print on crepe de Chine
eco print on silk / wool blend
eco print on habotai silk