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“Alternative Hope” by Chris G Smith “Dream” by David Silk “Light of Hope” by Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen “Stack of Chips” by Ralph Rinke “Three Barbie Camisole Nightgowns” by Francis Schanberger “Pray for us” by Rafael Marcon “Summer Vine” by Frank Gorga “Boneyard Creature” by Anne Eder “Dan by the Salem shores” by Émilie Léger “Fragile” by Astrid Robertsson “Delicate” by Alina Vuxanovici “Hope: The Queen of Feelings” by Nícola Batista Loss Medeiros “Leaf” by Kristine Sargsyan “Maintain the being” by Nathalia DovBeech, common (Fagus sylvatica) + Paprika, common (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Chris G Smith
Country: UK
Plants used: Beech, common (Fagus sylvatica) mixed with a small amount of Paprika, common (Capsicum annuum)
Parts used: Leaves, powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 hours
Substrate: August, Summer 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper, 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by David Silk
Country: UK
Parts used: Root
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 hours
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Dahlia (Dahlia pinnata) anthotype by Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen
Country: Denmark
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 hours
Month, season and year: August summer, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)English Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) anthotype by Ralph Rinke
Country: Canada
Parts used: Cucumber skin (hothouse/greenhouse)
Application: Brushing with a foam brush
Exposure time: 3 hours 45 minutes – during mid day and high sun
Months, season and year: Summer, July 2022
Substrate: Stonehenge White cotton rag – 250 gsm
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) anthotype by Francis Schanberger
Country: USA
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 56 minutes
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022, noontime
Substrate: Heavyweight Fabriano Artistico Cold Press from the 1990’s, about 640 gsm coated with gesso.
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Ora-pro-nóbis (Pereskia aculeata) anthotype by Rafael Marcon
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 hours
Month, season and year: July, Winter, 2022
Substrate: White Linen paper 180g
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Paprika, common (Capsicum annuum varietals) anthotype by Frank Gorga
Country: USA
Parts used: Powder from the grocery store
Application: Dipping (but see observations)
Exposure time: 45-60 minutes
Months, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Strathmore Series 400 Drawing paper (but see observations)
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) anthotype by Anne Eder
Country: USA
Parts used: leaves
Application: Brushing (foam brush followed by hake brush)
Exposure time: 2.5 hours
Month, season and year: August 2022
Substrate: Arches Platine
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Émilie Léger
Country : Canada
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: About 3 hours cloudy (between 8 am and 11 am) – about 30 minutes; sunny (between 11 am and 11:30 am)
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Arches watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) anthotype by Astrid Robertsson
Country: Switzerland
Parts used: Stem and leaves
Application: Foam brush
Exposure time: 3-4 hours.
Month, season and year: July, Summer 2022.
Substrate: Bergger 100% cotton (non-sensitized paper for alternative processes)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Alina Vuxanovici
Country: Romania
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2.5 hours
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Turmeric, common (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Nicola Batista Loss Medeiros
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Root
Application: Immersion
Exposure time: 4 hours (interrupted)
Months, season and year: July, winter, 2022
Substrate: Mixed-media natural white paper, silky surface, 200g/m²
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Turmeric, common (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Kristine Sargsyan
Country: Armenia
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 hours
Months, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) anthotype by Nathalia Dov
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Powder from crushed leaves and stems
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 hours and a half
Months, season and year: July, winter, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper / 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)
“Future Hopes and Friendships” by David Lowe “Epiphany” by Archana Verma Kakar “I Hope This Works…” by Robyn Nielsen “First Anthotype” by Gizem Tonbak “Jude’s Garden” by Penny Russell “Ramified” by Alaz Okudan “Abstract” by RJ Partington “Coneflowers” by Ronald D. Butler “To live for the hope of it all” by Cecília Cartaxo “El mar florece” by Sara Olivia Fuentes “Hope from Africa with love” by Dalene Marais “A Green City” by Carolina CarminiAlgae, spirulina (Spirulina maxima) anthotype by David Lowe
Country: UK
Parts used: Liquid blue food colouring
Application: Brushing with a foam brush
Exposure time: 6 hours in hot sunshine
Month, season and year: July, Summer 2022
Substrate: Hahnemuhle watercolour paper 300 gsm hot pressed
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Arjuna tree (Terminalia Arjuna) + Others anthotype by Archana Verma Kakar
Country: India
Plants used: Turmeric, Onion skins, and my homemade brown ink from the Arjuna tree
Parts used: Flowers
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 5 hours
Month, season and year: August, summer 2022
Substrate: Bustro 300gsm Watercolour paper (25 percent cotton)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Robyn Nielsen
Country: Australia
Parts used: Juice from tin
Application: Sponge brush
Exposure time: 4.5 hours under 100w UV light (placed 12 cm from the light source)
Month, season and year: August, winter 2022 – but I used a UV light
Substrate: Eraldo Di Paolo Watercolour paper (100% cotton, rough, 300 gsm)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium) (this is my first one so I can’t really compare it to anything, although the subject came up really clear, so it must be good)Blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) anthotype by Gizem Tonbak
Country: Turkey
Parts used: Fruit
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 6 hours
Month, season and year: 18 August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper (200 gsm, cotton rag)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea glabra) anthotype by Penny Russell
Country: UK, but print made in Majorca
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 7 hours
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Sketchpad paper 140 gm (cream)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Chard, common (Beta vulgaris L. var. cicla) anthotype by Alaz Okudan
Country: Turkey
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing (with a foam brush)
Exposure time: 8 hours
Month, season, and year: July, Summer, 2021
Substrate: Canson Montval 300 gr watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Matcha (Camellia sinensis) anthotype by RJ Partington
Country: UK
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 12 hours
Month, season and year: August, Autumn, 2022
Substrate: Canon card
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Paprika (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Ronald D. Butler
Country: USA
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 17 hours
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Hannemuhle Platinum Rag, 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Red Pepper (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Cecília Cartaxo
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Red part of pepper. I took the white parts, the calyx (green part) and the seeds out of the pepper.
Application: Sponge
Exposure time: 10 hours
Month, season and year: August, winter, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper 300 g
Contrast of final print: *** (High) (Very Good)Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Sara Olivia Fuentes
Country: Chile
Parts used: Leaves and stem
Application: Rod
Exposure time: 5 hours
Month, season and year: November, Spring, 2021
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) anthotype by Dalene Marais
Country: South Africa
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 8 hours in SA sun (UV 6 out of 10)
Month, season and year: August, Winter, 2022
Substrate: Rough watercolour paper 300 g
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) anthotype by Carolina Carmini
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Cotton swabs
Exposure time: 8 hours
Month, season and year: August, winter, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: *** (High)
“Deep inside” by Tania Valarezo “Hope for Life” by Dennis Humphrey “Walk of Hope” by Marion Sidebottom “Family Meal (1993/2022)” by Tina Tryforos “Reviving Hope” by Alessia Siragusa “Leaf of the Great Tulip Tree” by Kendall Reiss and Jesseca Ferguson “A dose of vitamins, 3” by Montserrat Rodríguez aka nyx10110 “Serenity” by İlhan Sadıkoğlu “Where the Mysteries Live” by Marina Soares “Love is Hope” by Lökidore “Thyme, Valerian Leaf, Queen Anne’s Lace, and Hyssop Photogram” by Mary Kocol “Changing Season” by Reuben Frank Woods “Rebloom” by Sharon Lee Hart “Hope Is A Thing With Wings” by Devon John Chebra “Buga22” by Arcangela Regis “Where feathers appear angels are near” by Hannie Mommers “Dreaming” by Stephanie Frondoso “Even Crows Hope” by Christine Acebo “Raramuri Girl” by Ivan Rivera “Even in war there is hope” by Isabelle Goossens “Spring anticipation” by Wendy Currie “I hope we are in time” by Malin Fabbri “Purple Moon” by Jesseca Ferguson “Thinking of You” by Michael Cessna “Without title” by Ivonne Gutiérrez González “BTS Misti: The View from North Jakarta” by Vidhyasuri Utami “Nurturing hope” by Rajeev Peethambaran “Anthop-pop” by Lukasz Biazik “Wings of hope” by Laure Martin “High hopes (Low expectations)” by Jessica Franzén “I needed to get a little Lisa Frank on this” by Brittonie Fletcher “Delicate activism”, by Keila Knobel “Poppies” by Fiona Robinson “The Anthotype as a Gesture of Hope” by Camila Mangueira “Rainbow” by Kimberly Halyburton “Polychrome” by Bengisu Çaygür “Dad’s Spirit” by Roxanne Lasky “Love Song” by Kasia Kalua Kryńska “Wine & Martyr” by Hamed Jaberha “Fruit of the light” by Carmen Ayala “Hope in a green future” by Teresa Guxens “Boys in summer” by Andie Dale “Three Summer Graces” by Karen Carson “Turning to the Sun” by Nancy Breslin “Clara’s House” by Célica Veliz “Four Moroccan Women” by Fruma Markowitz “Peace flower” by Teodoro Katinis and Silvia Giardina “Caballo” (Horse) by Blueprint “Hands” by Laura Albornoz “Pearls” by Marjan van der Donk “First attempt” by Janos Bihari “Claytonia and Rose” by Genevieve Rudd “Hope” by Pam Du ValAlgae, spirulina (Arthrospira jenneri) anthotype by Tania Valarezo
Country: Ecuador
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 days
Month, season and year: June, Winter, 2020
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Algae, spirulina (Spirulina maxima) anthotype by Dennis Humphrey
Country: Canada
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 days in bright sunlight
Months, season and year: June, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Hannemühle Platinum Rag (300 gsm, cotton rag)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Algae, spirulina (Spirulina maxima) anthotype by Marion Sidebottom
Country: UK
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 days
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Hannemuhle Platinum Rag 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Amaranth (Amaranthus viridis) anthotype by Tina Tryforos
Country: USA
Parts used: Stems, flowers, leaves
Application: Brushed
Exposure time: 6 days
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Stonehenge drawing paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Basil (Ocimum Basilicum) + Sicilian Snake Pumpkin (Lagenaria Siceraria) anthotype by Alessia Siragusa
Country: Italy
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: Basil: 4 days / Sicilian Snake Pumpkin:2 days
Month, season and year: August, summer 2022
Substrate: Fabriano Artistico watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Beach Rose (Rosa rugosa) anthotype by Kendall Reiss and Jesseca Ferguson
Country: USA
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 48 hours
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Lanaquarelle watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Beetroot (Beta vulgaris var. conditiva) anthotype by Montserrat Rodríguez aka nyx10110
Country: Catalonia (Spain)
Parts used: For example: Root
Application: Brushing with a large mop
Exposure time: 7 days
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper: Arches Cold Pressed 300g 100% cotton pad
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by İlhan Sadıkoğlu
Country: Turkey
Parts used: Root
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 days
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper (Canson, 200 gsm)
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Marina Soares
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Root
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 days
Month, season and year: September, spring, 2021
Substrate: watercolour paper, 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Black Grape (Vitis vinifera) + Geranium (pelarnonium) anthotype by Lökidore Laurence
Country: France
Parts used: Grape skin and geranium petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 days including 1 with sun and 2 with mixed weather
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper 300gr/m2.
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Black Raspberry, Wild (Rubus occidentalis) + Pansy (Viola) anthotype by Mary Kocol
Country: USA
Parts used: Berries only – ripe black ones & almost ripe red also ok, mixed together;
Application: Hake brush
Exposure: 1 day in full summer sun
Month, season, year: Early July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Canson mix media paper, 98lb/160g
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Blackberry (Rubus Fruticosus) anthotype by Reuben Frank Woods
Country: UK
Parts used: Berries
Application: Brushing with a foam brush
Exposure time: 2 days (cloudy)
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Card
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) anthotype by Sharon Lee Hart
Country: USA
Parts used: Berry
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 42 hours
Month, season and year: July/Summer/2022
Substrate: Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Blackberry (Rubus) / Red Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra) anthotype by Devon John Chebra
Country: USA
Parts used: Berries, cabbage leaf
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 days
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Strathmore Bristol Smooth 400
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) anthotype by Arcangela Regis
Country: Spain
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure Time: 3 days
Month: July 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) anthotype by Hannie Mommers
Country: Spain
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 1.5 days
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Butterfly Pea (Clitoria ternatea) anthotype by Stephanie Frondoso
Country: Philippines
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 days
Months, season and year: May, summer, 2021
Substrate: watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Celadine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) + Viola (Viola tricolor) anthotype by Christine Acebo
Country: USA
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 days
Month, season and year: June, summer, 2022
Substrate: Canson Mixed Media Artboard
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Chard (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Ivan Rivera
Country: Mexico
Parts used: Leaf
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 days
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Cotton paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera) anthotype by Isabelle Goossens
Country: Belgium
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 days
Month, season and year: April, Spring, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana) ‘Purpurea’ anthotype by Wendy Currie
Country: Australia
Parts used: Flowering pom poms
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 days in sunny & overcast conditions
Month, season and year: August, early Spring 2022
Substrate: Arches aquarelle watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) anthotype by Malin Fabbri
Country: Sweden
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing, using a foam brush
Exposure time: 2 days in part sun, part cloud
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Geranium, “Elegance Burgundy” (Pelargonium x domesticum) anthotype by Jesseca Ferguson
Country: USA
Parts used: Petals (fresh, have also used frozen petals)
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: Multiple days (through the window when rainy; on roof deck when sunny); “develop by inspection”
Month, season, and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper (Lanaquarelle, hot pressed, 300 gsm or 140 lbs)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Hardy Hibiscus (Hibiscus moscheutos) anthotype by Michael Cessna
Country: US
Common name of plant: Hardy Hibiscus, also called common rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp hibiscus, dinner plate hibiscus
Parts used: Entire flower
Application: Soaking
Exposure time: 3 days, 1 hour and 25 minutes
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Arches Platine 310 gsm (5×7)
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Hierbamora / Black Nightshade, common (Solanum nigrum) anthotype by Ivonne Gutiérrez González
Country: Mexico
Parts used: Fruit
Application: Coating
Exposure time: 3 days
Month, season and year: October, autumn, 2021
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Kembang Telang (Clitoria ternatea) anthotype by Vidhyasuri Utami
Country: Indonesia
Common name: Also known as Butterfly pea
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 5 days
Months, season and year: June, summer,
Substrate: Canson Montval watercolour paper 200 gsm
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Marigold, common (Calendula officinalis) anthotype by Rajeev Peethambaran
Country: India
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 26 hrs over 3 days
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: 300 gsm watercolour paper (cold pressed, 100% cellulose)
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Onion (Allium cepa L.) + Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) + Others anthotype by Lukasz Biazik
Country: Poland
Plants used: 1. Onion (Allium cepa L.); 2. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.); 3. European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) + 4. Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.)
Parts used: 1. All; 2. Petals; 3. Berries; 4. Root
Application: brushing
Exposure time: 1. 2 days; 2. 2 days; 6. 3 days; 4. 3 days
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: 1. ** (Medium); 2. * (Low); 3. x (Almost none); 4. ** (Medium)Onion (Allium cepa) anthotype by Laure Martin
Country: France
Parts used: Peels
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 1 week
Month, season and year: June, Spring, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Petunia, Black Satin (Petunia x hybrida) anthotype by Jessica Franzén
Country: Sweden
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 7 days
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Petunia, Brooklyn (Petunia violacea) anthotype by Brittonie Fletcher
Country: USA (representing Scotland)
Parts used: Petals
Application: Sponge Brush
Exposure time: 3 days north light average UV 6 in New York, USA
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Moleskin paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium) (unsure on some – the moleskin paper I tried was a little ehhh)Phasey bean (Macroptilium lathyroides) anthotype by Keila Knobel
Country: Brazil
Parts used: The whole flower
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 1 week
Month, season and year: July, winter, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Poppy (Papaver rheus) anthotype by Fiona Robinson
Country: UK
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 1 week
Month, season and year: June, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitate f, rubra) + Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Camila Mangueira
Country: Portugal but from Brazil
Parts used: Red cabbage leaves and Turmeric roots
Application: Pieces of cotton
Exposure time: 4 days.
Month, season and year: Ago, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Fabriano paper mixed media, 250 g
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Red Cabbage (Brassica oleracea, ver capitata f. rubra) anthotype by Kimberly Halyburton
Country: Chile
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 1 week
Month, season and year: Summer
Substrate: Watercolour paper (Fabriano artist 300 g)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Red Cabbage (Rubrum Brassica) + Beer + Coffee anthotype by Bengisu Çaygür
Country: Turkey
Parts used: Liquid (Black Guinness Beer) + Granulated powder (Guinness Coffee) + Leaves (Red Cabbage)
Application: Splashing technique with a brush
Exposure time: 2 days
Month, season and year: June, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper (Canson, 200 gsm, small grain)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Rose Madder or Dyer’s Madder (Rubia Tinctorum) anthotype by Roxanne Lasky
Country: USA
Parts used: Root
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 25 hours over several days
Month, season and year: January, Winter 2022
Substrate: watercolor paper, 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Rowanberry (Sorbus aucuparia L.) anthotype by Kasia Kalua Kryńska
Country: Poland
Parts used: Berries
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 days
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Handmade paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Royal Grape (Vitis vinifera) anthotype by Hamed Jaberha
Country: Iran
Parts used: Royal grape wine
Application: Dipping
Exposure time: 5 days
Months, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Thick foam paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Spinach (Spinacea oleracea) + Algae, spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) anthotype by Carmen Ayala
Country: Spain
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 8 hours
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolor paper
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Teresa Guxens
Country: Spain
Parts used: Spinach leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 days
Month, season and year: July, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Canson multi-tecnica paper 300
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) + Blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) + Others anthotype by Andie Dale
Country: UK
Plants used: Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa), Blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius), Rosehip (Rosa Canina), Ground paprika (Capsicum annuum)
Parts used: The berries and the powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 days
Month, season and year: August 2022 (15th-18th Aug)
Substrate: Acrylic paper
Contrast of final print: *** (High) (Excellent and really easy to use)Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) anthotype by Karen Carson
Country: USA
Parts used: Overripe strawberries
Application: Foam brush
Exposure time: 3 days, 8-10 hours each day in bright sun
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Sunflower (Helianthus) anthotype by Nancy Breslin
Country: USA
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 7 days, West window (afternoon sun)
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper (Cotman 140 lb).
Contrast of final print: x (Almost none) (Poor at one week, but has potential with longer exposure)Sweet Paprika, pimentón (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Célica Veliz
Country: Argentina
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 8 hours
Month, season and year: December, spring, 2021
Substrate: Cellulose watercolour paper (Schoeller Da Capo 300 g)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) anthotype by Fruma Markowitz
Country: USA
Parts used: Powdered spice
Application: Brushing with foam brush
Exposure time: 1 day
Month, season and year: March, spring, 2021
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) anthotype by Teodoro Katinis and Silvia Giardina
Country: Italy
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 1 day
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Cheap watercolour paper (300 g)
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Blueprint
Country: Spain
Parts used: Root powder
Application: Immersion
Exposure time: 96 hours
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2017
Substrate: Watercolour paper, 280 g
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Laura Albornoz
Country: Argentina
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 12 hours
Month, season and year: July, winter, 2021
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Violet (Viola cornuta) anthotype by Marjan van der Donk
Country: The Netherlands
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 1 week
Months, season and year: July, Summer 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Walnut, English (Juglans regia) anthotype by Janos Bihari
Country: Hungary (print made in UK)
Parts used: Unripe fruit
Application: Dipping
Exposure time: 5 hours
Month, season and year: May, 2020
Substrate: Copy paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Winter Purslane (Claytonia perfoliata) anthotype by Genevieve Rudd
Country: UK
Parts used: Leaf and stem
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 days
Month, season and year: March, spring, 2021
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Woad (Isatis tinctoria) anthotype by Pam Du Val
Country: UK
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 9 hours
Month, season and year: August, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Bristol board
Contrast of final print: *** (High)
“Looking Up (on Agapanthus)” by Anna Leigh Clem “Hope – our consolation on the journey (St. Augustine’s Tower)” by Milena MichalskiParts used: Fruits “Look to the horizon” by Dee Lister “Magic Waterwall” by Valeria Accili “I hope in afterlife” by Tommy Hurtig “Blomlandet from the anthotype book Återvändarna” by Linda Maria Thompson “Will fall, will not fall, hope of the cat” by Tian Shi “Mourning” by DM Witman “Cherry Petals in Flight” by Natalia L Rudychev “Album Familiar” by Jorge A. Olave Riveros “Future Dreaming” by Kelly Barfoot “Wildlife whisper” by Mónica Páez Espinosa “Ghost Pipe, Weir Farm” by Bruce Dunbar “Cool Cat” by Alexandra Whiteside “Love is not Enough” by Margje Bijl “Pandora’s box” by Elizabeth Lee and Simone Wicca “Julia” by Laurie Beck Peterson “Birds Summer Delight” by Donna Moore “Look at the birds of the air” by Agnes Greta Erdelyi “Just being alive” by Melanie Schoeniger “Life in Motion” by Berta Ibáñez “One Day of Hope 19590919” by Clive Pigott “Flora & Fauna” by Martine Marie-Anne Chartrand “Home” by Sutticha homsungnoenAfrican Lily (Agapanthus africanus) anthotype by Anna Leigh Clem
Country: USA
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 8 days
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2020
Substrate: Watercolor paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Blackberry (Rubus) + Red Currant (Ribes Rubrum) anthotype by Milena Michalski
Country: UK
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 weeks and 2 days (16 days)
Months, season and year: Summer 2022
Substrate: Fabriano Accademia watercolour paper, 240 gsm
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Blackberry, common (Rubus allegheniensis) anthotype by Dee Lister
Country: UK
Parts used: Blackberry berries (fruit)
Application: Brushed
Exposure time: 14 days
Date/season: Midsummer (early – mid June), 2022
Substrate: Mixed media paper 300gsm
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Blackberry, common (Rubus ulmifolius) anthotype by Valeria Accili
Country: Italy
Parts used: Juice
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 weeks
Months, season and year: Autumn 2021
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) anthotype by Tommy Hurtig
Country: Sweden
Parts used: Berry
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 weeks
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) + Lupine (Lupinus Platycarpos) anthotype by Linda Maria Thompson
Country: Sweden
Parts used: Petals, berries
Application: Dipping
Exposure time: 3-6 weeks
Month, season and year: July, Summer, 2017
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Blueberry (Vaccinium sect. cyanococcus) anthotype by Tian Shi
Country: Belgium
Parts used: Blueberry berry
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 weeks
Month, season and year: August , summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Blueberry, wild from Maine (Vaccinium angustifolium) anthotype by DM Witman
Country: USA
Parts Used: Fruit
Application: Foam Brush
Exposure Time: 3 months
Month, season, year: Winter through a window in Maine
Substrate: Arches Platine
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Cherry (Prunus cerasus) + Wine, red anthotype by Natalia L Rudychev
Country: USA
Common name of plant and latin name of plant: sour cherry organic juice (Prunus Cerasus)/merlot wine
Parts used: Sour cherry fruit juice/merlot wine
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 weeks
Months, season and year: July, summer, 2021
Substrate: Strathmore watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) anthotype by Jorge A. Olave Riveros
Country: Chile
Parts used: Powder
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 months
Month, season and year: February-April, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Chocolate Cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus) anthotype by Kelly Barfoot
Country: UK
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushed on
Exposure time: 2 weeks
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Coffee (Coffea arábica) anthotype by Mónica Páez Espinosa
Country: Ecuador
Parts used: Roasted ‘Galapagos’ beans
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 10 days
Month, season and year: May 2022
Substrate: Photographic paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
anthotype by Bruce Dunbar
Country: USA
Parts used: Petals
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 2 weeks
Months, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Moss-Rose Purslane (Portulaca grandiflora) anthotype by Alexandra Whiteside
Country: USA
Parts used: Petals
Application: Rubbed directly onto paper
Exposure time: approximately 3 weeks
Months, season and year: July 2022, Summer
Substrate: watercolour paper (cold pressed)
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Oak Apple (Andricus quercuscalicis) anthotype by Margje Bijl
Country: The Netherlands
Parts used: Dried balls (5-10 years old)
Application: Foam brush
Exposure time: 8 days
Month, season and year: August, summer, 2022
Substrate: Page from an antique book, Love is Enough by William Morris, 1873
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Pau Brasil (Paubrasilia echinata) anthotype by Elizabeth Lee and Simone Wicca
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Stem powder (sawdust)
Application: Cotton ball
Exposure time: 2 weeks (cloudy and rainy days)
Months, season and year: August, winter, 2022
Substrate: Canson Montval
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Pokeberry (Phytolacca) anthotype by Laurie Beck Peterson
Country: USA
Parts used: Berries
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 3 weeks (spring), 5 days (summer)
Month, season and year: March to April 2022, again 5 days in August, 2022
Substrate: Arches Platine
Contrast of final print: *** (High)Pokeberry, common (Phytolacca americana) anthotype by Donna Moore
Country: USA
Parts used: Berries
Application: Dipping
Exposure time: 9 days
Month, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) + Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) + Others anthotype by Agnes Greta Erdelyi
Country: Hungary
Parts used: fruit / crop
Plants used: Raspberry (Rubus idaeus), Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis), Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum), Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 weeks
Month, season and year: July – August, summer, 2022
Substrate: watercolour paper 300 gsm
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Raspberry, common (Rubus idaeus) anthotype by Melanie Schoeniger
Country: Germany
Parts used: Last fresh fruit at the end of the ripeness period picked directly from the plant
Application: Brushing multiple times
Exposure time: 3 weeks
Months, season and year: July, summer, 2022
Substrate: Hahnemühle watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubia) anthotype by Berta Ibáñez
Country: France
Parts used: Leaves
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 weeks
Month, season and year: April, spring, 2021
Substrate: Fabriano watercolor paper 300 gm, previously treated with vinegar
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Red Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra) + Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Clive Pigott
Country: New Zealand
Parts used: Cabbage – leaves + Beetroot – root
Application: Brush 1-inch hake
Exposure time: 9 days facing North through 2 layers of glass (the glass-frame support and bedroom window)
Months, season and year: June, end Autumn – beginning Winter 2022
Substrate: REEVES Watercolour paper
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)Red Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra) anthotype by Martine Marie-Anne Chartrand
Country: Canada
Parts used: Red Cabbage core and 2 handfuls of leaves + cooking water from previous meal preparation + 1 teaspoon of alum to alternate color.
Application: Soaking 3 days in the refrigerator
Exposure time: 12 days on and off sunshine
Month, season and year: Summer 2022 end of July and beginning of August.
Substrate: 100% organic sateen cotton 120gsm
Contrast of final print: * (Low)Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Sutticha Homsungnoen
Country: Thailand
Parts used: Root
Application: Brushing
Exposure time: 4 weeks
Month, season and year: April, summer, 2022
Substrate: Watercolor paper
Contrast of final print: * (Low)
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