Monday, October 31, 2011

weekly bundles no. 8



Pecan leaves! My sister-in-law and her family have a great pecan tree in the back of their house, and after our last visit I came back with a bagful of leaves, still green and fresh. I bundled them up, clamped some between paper, and simmered them in tap water augmented with iron. The results are amazing. I am thrilled and humbled by the beauty of these prints.




It is obvious that the iron water really penetrated the wool (which started out light gray). The impressions on the linen are more blurry, and much lighter in color. I think a longer processing time would have benefitted the linen prints to ensure the water gets through all the layers.



The paper prints are even more stunning in real life. The texture is breathtaking and the colors are vivid and deep. I tested a few raspberry and dogwood leaves as well, and I think all were enhanced by the addition of iron.





So a happy bundle experiment this time. The long wool piece will be a scarf for me, and the splendid impressions on paper also deserves to become something very special...

21 comments:

  1. What fabulous results and beautiful images.

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  2. Gorgeous results! Especially intrigued by the paper, too!

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  3. A-m-a-z-i-n-g! Just so beautiful, in so many ways...

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  4. They're all stunning! Iron seems to enhance everything, I'm finding.

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  5. Amazing!!Perhaps you have some very special tap water with a litte bit of magic?

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  6. ...picking my jaw up from the floor...

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  7. Love seeing your results but these are stunning

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  8. Absolutely stunning clarity and very beautifully composed too!

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  9. So clear, so natural colours...
    WOW!

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  10. I am so inspired! I have not had much luck with my bundles but I am determined to do some more research and try again. Thanks so much for sharing!

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  11. The prints on paper are particularly beautiful.

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  12. These are so beautiful and a terrific inspiration!

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  13. Thanks for the tip about iron.

    I will try that to see if I can get better leaf prints.

    These are fantastic.
    Congratulations.

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  14. Just discovered your blog . Its great art you make.
    I made some prints with leaves and flowers to.
    I will try this technique!!

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