Red Threads
Unmounted: 21 x 28cm
Mounted: 29 x 36cm
I found this thready red, very pretty little parasite in my research - it has the awful name of Common Dodder, which is not very pretty. But then I suppose it is a parasite! The other plants are Tufted Vetch and just common meadow grass - with a Red-veined Darter passing overhead. “Red Threads” - one-off botanical print on 300gsm paper with watercolour and acrylic additions.
When you buy one of my prints, you are buying a one-of-a-kind original. There is only one print in the edition - no reproductions are made.
I use the Gelli plate method to get the very fine detail, printing directly from the plants themselves. I forage my plants locally and sustainably - from verges, hedgerows and my own garden (and sometimes a friend’s).
Usually, I use oil based, archival inks that have good colour fastness and are tolerant to light. Occasionally I use water based inks and these, although also archival, do not like getting wet. (Although no artwork likes getting wet!) If I have used water based inks, I spray the print lightly with a fixative to help preserve it.
The bugs, butterflies and other creatures in my prints are all hand painted, by me, after printing - either using watercolour, gouache or acrylics.
Unmounted: 21 x 28cm
Mounted: 29 x 36cm
I found this thready red, very pretty little parasite in my research - it has the awful name of Common Dodder, which is not very pretty. But then I suppose it is a parasite! The other plants are Tufted Vetch and just common meadow grass - with a Red-veined Darter passing overhead. “Red Threads” - one-off botanical print on 300gsm paper with watercolour and acrylic additions.
When you buy one of my prints, you are buying a one-of-a-kind original. There is only one print in the edition - no reproductions are made.
I use the Gelli plate method to get the very fine detail, printing directly from the plants themselves. I forage my plants locally and sustainably - from verges, hedgerows and my own garden (and sometimes a friend’s).
Usually, I use oil based, archival inks that have good colour fastness and are tolerant to light. Occasionally I use water based inks and these, although also archival, do not like getting wet. (Although no artwork likes getting wet!) If I have used water based inks, I spray the print lightly with a fixative to help preserve it.
The bugs, butterflies and other creatures in my prints are all hand painted, by me, after printing - either using watercolour, gouache or acrylics.
Unmounted: 21 x 28cm
Mounted: 29 x 36cm
I found this thready red, very pretty little parasite in my research - it has the awful name of Common Dodder, which is not very pretty. But then I suppose it is a parasite! The other plants are Tufted Vetch and just common meadow grass - with a Red-veined Darter passing overhead. “Red Threads” - one-off botanical print on 300gsm paper with watercolour and acrylic additions.
When you buy one of my prints, you are buying a one-of-a-kind original. There is only one print in the edition - no reproductions are made.
I use the Gelli plate method to get the very fine detail, printing directly from the plants themselves. I forage my plants locally and sustainably - from verges, hedgerows and my own garden (and sometimes a friend’s).
Usually, I use oil based, archival inks that have good colour fastness and are tolerant to light. Occasionally I use water based inks and these, although also archival, do not like getting wet. (Although no artwork likes getting wet!) If I have used water based inks, I spray the print lightly with a fixative to help preserve it.
The bugs, butterflies and other creatures in my prints are all hand painted, by me, after printing - either using watercolour, gouache or acrylics.