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“Danny” by Alex Whiteside, San Francisco, California, USA
Parts used: Flower
Amount: About 3-5 flowers
Extracted by: Crushing
Thinner: Filtered tap water
Application: Brushing
“Rollie #4” by Ren Suchyta-Korany, Indiana, USA
Parts used: 80% petals / 20% stems and leaves
Amount: 2 tablespoons
Extracted by: Soaking
Solvent: Alcohol 70%
Application: Brushing
“Ferns Unfurled” by Caro Blount-Shah, Bradford, UK
Parts used: Petals of feverfew flowers and blueberry fruits
Amount: A handful of each for each print, approximately 2 tablespoons
Extracted by: Mortar and sieve
Thinner: Filtered water for mashing, then a teaspoon of Gin when sieving
Application: Brushing
“Two’s company” by Ray Harris, Bristol, UK
Parts used: Fresh berries
Amount: A handful for each print
Extracted by: Just pressing fruit directly onto the paper
Solvent: None
Application: Pressing fruit directly onto paper, light brushing
“Spotlight” by Tracy Piper-Wright, Ellesmere, Shropshire, UK
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 14 stems (a good handful)
Extracted by: Blender
Solvent: Tap water
Application: Foam brushing
“Coreopsis ‘self-portrait'” by Fiona Robinson, Salford, UK
Parts used: Petals
Amount: A handful for several small prints
Extracted by: Mortar
Solvent: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: Brushing
“Fire Island Breeze” by Ronald D. Butler, Saltaire, Fire Island, New York, USA
Parts used: Berries
Amount: A small handful
Extracted by: Food processor
Solvent: Everclear whole grain alcohol
Application: Brushing
“Untitled” by Kateřina Malečová Suková, Czech Republic
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: A handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Solvent: Alcohol
Application: Brushing
“Pea Pod” by Ralph Rinke, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: Approximately 10 grams mixed with 10 mL of distilled water (only about 2 mL of emulsion was used for the print)
Extracted by: Mortar and pestle
Solvent: Distilled water
Application: Brushing
“Self-portrait” by Bengisu Çaygür, Silifke/Mersin, Turkey
Parts used: Petals and Bark
Amount: Madagascar periwinkle: 3 tablespoons of petals. Mexican fan palm bark: a medium-sized cooking pot, loosely packed (approx. 80 mL of reduced extract)
Extracted by: Madagascar periwinkle: Boiled the petals in water until the colour concentrated into a deep fuchsia emulsion. The petals were removed, and the extract was reduced over low heat and filtered through cheesecloth. Mexican fan palm bark: The cleaned bark was boiled in water, then filtered twice through cheesecloth to remove the resin before reducing over low heat. This produced a dense, rich colour.
Solvent: Tap water
Application: Brushing (synthetic brush)
“Untitled” by Nan Wollman, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Parts used: Flowers
Amount: 5 grams of petals
Extracted by: Mashed with alcohol
Solvent: 30 mL alcohol
Application: Poured emulsion over paper
“Whimsical Mushrooms” by Mickey Mariash, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
Parts used: Mushroom cap
Amount: 1 large mushroom cap
Extracted by: Simmering
Solvent: Tap water
Application: Brushing
“Pony Walking in a Snowy Field” by Christine Acebo, Ashford, Connecicut, USA
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Petals from flowers of 5 flower clusters
Extracted by: Mortar
Solvent: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: Brushing
“Chipped Stone Spear” by Bridget Murphy Milligan, Central Ohio, USA
Parts used: Blossom or spathe
Amount: 20 blossoms/spathes
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: 1/8 cup cheap vodka
Application: Brushing
“Photogenic drawing 1/2026” by Goran Budija, Zagreb, Croatia
Parts used: Berries
Amount: A handful of berries
Extracted by: Soaking in 200 mL cheap vodka for 10 days, then ultrasonically treated for 10 minutes (60 w/40 khz)
Solvent: Vodka
Application: Brushing
“Dragonfly” by Jane Linders, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Two complete blooms
Extracted by: Mortar
Solvent: I added 10 mL of 91% isopropyl alcohol and 2 mL of deionised water to two crushed and pulverised red canna blooms
Application: Brushing
“In the Garden” by Mary Beth Klauer, Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Parts used: Powder from ground-up seeds
Amount: 2 tablespoons
Extracted by: Mortar
Solvent: Tap water and a small amount of alcohol
Application: Brushing
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