...for leaf printing, and it's hard to get enough of it.
This last week,
Lynne Mizera joined me here in the studio for some leaf play.
We ran 'leaf sandwiches' through the Sizzix machine using a variety of papers:
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| You can see the mottled green cardstock did NOT take a print too well! |
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| Dusty Miller foliage on watercolour paper |
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| Top: grasses on printer paper Bottom: grasses on watercolour paper |
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| Japanese Maple on watercolour paper |
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| Horse chestnut leaves on Strathmore cardstock |
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| Virginia Creeper leaves on Stonehenge paper |
When the leaves came off the Sizzix machine, we put them to another use, taking the Gelli plates for the run. As is usual, the first print is less than exciting, leaving white gaps where the leaves have been,
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| Lynne's monoprints |
but the ghost prints are truly lovely. I love how they pick up shadow colours from previous prints to add to the colour lusciousness.
These ghost prints will need very little enhancement to complete them, and the organic richness is fabulous, don't you think?
The first prints will be fun, too, since some of that doodling time is coming in handy as I fill in the empty spaces.
I'd love to know how you play with leaves in the summer. Do you paint on them? Do you print them? Emboss them? Use them as stamps? Do tell in the comments below, and if you have a link to some photos, we'd love that too!
