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Emulsions from WAD 2022 | List of all emulsions 2022-2023
“Unsuccessful I” by Nícola Batista Loss MedeirosMustard (Sinapis alba) anthotype by Nícola Batista Loss Medeiros
Country: Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Parts used: Seeds crushed into powder
Amount: 100 g
Extracted by: None
Thinner: Tap water
Application: Dipping
“Plantitas” by Lucas Micael Alves Do Monte “Blackbird” by Melanie Woodhead and Samuel Woodhead “Wind-blown Eucalyptus leaves” by Dalene Marais “First Dance” by Corinne Stuart “Threesome” by Beth D’Elia “Achira 2” by María Piedad Aguirre “Untitled” by Ivonne Gutiérrez González “Pão de Açúcar” by Daniela Felix “Smooth Sailing” by Robin Moseley “Altar Window Fragment” by David Lowe “Stump” by Tommi Hakkarainen “Man’s Best Friend” by Chris G Smith “Accidental double exposure” by Andie Dale “Ancestral Inquiries” by Dominick Rivers “Perilous Branch (White Flag pt.1)” by Ayo Varillas “Rolleiflex” by Milena Michalski “Hope there will be sun” by Ikram Bejghate “Wanderings 2” by Melanie Vasa “Mulberry Babies” by Kate Heuston “Nasturtium” by Justine Kaemmerlen “Davina’s Cottage” by Rae Story “Tree Bones” by Penny Russell “Facade“ by Justine Reiswich “Willow” by Adley Rochelle “Paul’s” by Helen Kapitain “Touching Planet Rose” by Dianne Bos “My ephemeral cityscape” by Elizabeth Lee “La enredadera” by Ana Laura Cazarré “Tower” by Janja Bijelić “Moods” by Vic Fischbach “Robin Eggs in Nest” by Bruce Dunbar “A long day” by Carolina Carmini “Negative love with candles” by Samuel Favre “Expediente Milet 1890/2022” by Jorge A. Olave RiverosBougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) anthotype by Lucas Micael Alves Do Monte
Country: Brasilia, Brazil
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 30 grams
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol
Application: BrushingChard, common (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Melanie Woodhead and Samuel Woodhead
Country: Redditch, Worcestershire, UK
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: Handful
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Vodka
Application: BrushingChili pepper (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Dalene Marais
Country: Gauteng, Johannesburg, Chartwell north AH, South Africa
Parts used: Chilly powder
Amount: 250 mL rubbing alcohol 91% and 50 g of chilly powder steeped and matured 12 months
Extracted by: Steeping in alcohol in a glass jar with lid in a dark cupboard
Thinner: Rubbing alcohol 91%
Application: Brushing in swift strokes to obtain some visual brush strokesClematis zoin (Clematis viticella) anthotype by Corinne Stuart
Country: Bristol, UK
Parts used: Petals
Amount: About 6 flowers
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Vodka
Application: BrushingDandelion, common (Taraxacum) anthotype by Beth D’Elia
Country: Barnstable Village, Cape Cod, MA, USA
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 1 tablespoon
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingIndian shot (Canna indica) anthotype by María Piedad Aguirre
Country: Chile
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Cooking
Thinner: Tap water
Application: Brushing the first coat and then pouring the extractIndigo (Persicaria tinctoria) anthotype by Ivonne Gutiérrez González
Country: Mexico
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: Handful
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol 96% (undenatured)
Application: BrushingJaboticaba / Brazilian grape tree (Plinia cauliflora) anthotype by Daniela Felix
Country: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Parts used: Grape
Amount: About 10 grapes
Extracted by: Mortar, then soaked for 6 days with sugar and grain alcohol
Thinner: Grain alcohol
Application: BrushingJuneberry (Amelanchier canadensis) anthotype by Robin Moseley
Country: Elgin, Illinois, USA
Parts used: Berries picked in Columbus, Ohio
Amount: ½ cup of berries
Extracted by: Mortar and pestle
Thinner: 91% alcohol
Application: Large artists round brush applied both horizontally & verticallyKale (Brassica oleracea acephala) anthotype by David Lowe
Country: Manchester, England
Parts used: Shredded leaves
Amount: 100 grams of shredded Kale with 70 mL of alcohol (white rum).
Extracted by: Pestle and mortar
Thinner: Alcohol (white rum)
Application: Foam brushingLupine, large-leaved (Lupinus polyphyllus) anthotype by Tommi Hakkarainen
Country: Luvia, Finland
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Stick blender
Thinner: None (a few drops of rainwater on the leaves)
Application: BrushingMix of Blackcurrant, common (Ribes nigrum) and Rose, common (Rosa) anthotype by Chris G Smith
Country: Hull, UK
Parts used: Currant and petals
Amount: Handful of black currants and petals from 2 roses
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Isopropyl alcohol
Application: BrushingMix of Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea), Pink rose (Rosa meldomonac) and Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum) anthotype by Andie Dale
Country: Staffordshire, near Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Several blooms of each
Extracted by: Mortar and soaking of dried butterfly pea
Thinner: Tap water
Application: Sponge brushMix of Redbud (Cercis canadensis), Violet, common blue (Viola sororia), and Blueberries, wild (Vaccinium angustifolium) anthotype by Dominick Rivers
Country: Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Parts used: Petals of redbud blossoms and violets, whole blueberries
Amount: 1/2 cup of each
Extracted by: Mortar & pestle
Thinner: Extremely cheap vodka
Application: Pour emulsion into lightproof container; submerge film strips in container; swirl around; rest container upside down for 20 minutes, then flip over for 20 minutesMix of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) and Pepper, red bell (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Ayo Varillas
Country: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Parts used: Leaves of the spinach and fruit flesh of the pepper
Amount: Two handfuls of spinach and two whole peppers
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Cheap vodka
Application: BrushingMix of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L. var. cicla) and Woad (Isatis tinctoria) anthotype by Milena Michalski
Country: London, UK
Parts used: Leaves, stem (Swiss chard); powder (woad)
Amount: 3 Swiss chard leaves with stem and 2 teaspoons of woad powder
Extracted by: Centrifuge
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: BrushingMix of Turmeric (Curcuma longa), Coffee (Coffea), Carnation, pink (Dianthus caryophyllus), African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulate) anthotype by Ikram Bejghate
Country: Trier, Germany
Parts used: Leaves and powder
Amount: 1 tablespoon of curcuma, 1⁄2 tablespoon paprika, 4 leaves of pink carnation, 4 leaves of African tulip tree
Extracted by: Mixing, cooking
Thinner: Spiritus (99% alcohol)
Application: BrushingMulberry (Morus rubra) anthotype by Melanie Vasa
Country: Boonton, New Jersey, USA
Parts used: Fruit
Amount: Brushful
Extracted by: Cooking and mashing
Thinner: None
Application: BrushingMulberry, white (Morus alba) anthotype by Kate Heuston
Country: Baltimore, USA
Parts used: Berries
Amount: 4 berries
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Vodka
Application: Foam brushingNasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) anthotype by Justine Kaemmerlen
Country: San Francisco, USA
Parts used: Petals from medium-orange flowers (not the deepest orange possible, but also not the lightest the plant produces)
Amount: 2 full flowers for a 4 x 3 inch print
Extracted by: Mortar and pestle
Thinner: 91% isopropyl alcohol
Application: BrushingNettle (Urtica Dioica) anthotype by Rae Story
Country: Exposed both in Cape Cornwall and Manchester, UK
Parts used: Leaf tips
Amount: Jug full
Extracted by: Handblender
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka) – maybe too much?
Application: BrushPeony (Paeonia lactiflora) anthotype by Penny Russell
Country: Bristol, UK
Parts used: Petals
Amount: One bloom head
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Vodka
Application: BrushingPepper / Paprika (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Justine Reiswich
Country: Trier, Germany
Parts used: Paprika powder
Amount: 1 tablespoon
Extracted by: Mixing, then filtering through a coffee filter
Thinner: Vodka, 40%
Application: BrushingPepper, chili (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Adley Rochelle
Country: Severance, Colorado, USA
Parts used: Chili pepper powder
Amount: 2 tablespoons
Extracted by: Mortar and pestle. then strained with a coffee filter
Thinner: 1 tablespoon of vodka
Application: BrushingRed cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra) anthotype by Helen Kapitain
Country: London, UK
Parts used: Stem and leaves
Amount: 200 grams
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: DippingRose, red (Rosa rubiginosa.) anthotype by Dianne Bos
Country: Calgary, Alberta, Canada, but print exposed in France
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 5 full fresh flower heads
Extracted by: Soaked in rum and then squished with a wooden spoon
Thinner: Alcohol (cheap Barbados rum)
Application: BrushingSaint George’s sword / Espada de São Jorge (Dracaena trifasciata) anthotype by Elizabeth Lee
City, Country: São Paulo, Brazil
Parts used: Leaf
Amount: One small leaf
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Deionized water
Application: Cotton swabsSilk floss tree / Palo borracho (Ceiba speciosa) anthotype by Ana Laura Cazarré
Country: Montevideo, Uruguay
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol 95%
Application: BrushingSyngonium (Syngonium podophyllum) anthotype by Janja Bijelić
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parts used: Stem and leaves
Amount: 5 leaves with stems, 30mL of liquid for 6 prints (approx. 13 x 18cm)
Extracted by: Centrifuge
Thinner: Tap water / Alcohol (ethanol 70%)
Application: BrushingTulip (Tulipa) anthotype by Vic Fischbach
Country: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol (40% neutral)
Application: BrushingTulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) anthotype by Bruce Dunbar
Country: USA
Parts Used: Petals
Amount: A few petals for each print
Extracted by Mortar
Thinner: Distilled water
Application: BrushingTurmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Carolina Carmini
Country: Taboão da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil
Parts used: Powder
Amount: 15 grams
Extracted by: Dilution
Thinner: Grain alcohol
Application: BrushingTurmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Samuel Favre
Country: Kathmandu, Nepal
Parts used: Powder from root
Amount: 6 tablespoons (for 3 layers of 4 prints)
Extracted by: Mixing, shaking and soaking
Thinner: 200 mL alcohol (bad vodka)
Application: BrushingYerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) anthotype by Jorge A. Olave Riveros
Country: Valparaíso, Chile
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 2 tablespoons in 100 mL of water
Extracted by: Cooking
Thinner: Tap water
Application: Brushstroke
“Grief” by Clive Pigott “Slice-Acado” by Ralph Rinke “Summer Diary” by Diane Jaquith “Lorde and Savior” by Mirelle Medina “Japanese blossom” by Alba Cid “My mother’s leaves” by Isabel Se Oh “Viriditas” by Sophie Lascelles “Begonia Mom” by Rhonda Lee Usipiuk “On the fly” by Teresa Guxens “Black Lace” by Tracy Piper-Wright “Black Swallow wort” by Anne Eder “Northern Maidenhair Fern” by Richard Ray “Golden Toad” by Alexandra Whiteside “Luxemburg Pavilion” by Anna-Maria Thewalt “Pena” by Hugo von Behr “Planvillea” by Sofia Rocha Sartorello “Diana’s Flowers” Donna Moore “Dodo dead Analog alive” by Brian Richards “California Poppy on Cocoa” by Mark Jensen “Mystical forest” by Rajeev Peethambaran “Play-Som” by Marina Soares “Summer Sunshine” by Janice Kamide “Art” by Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen “Ancient Woodland” by Janet Brown “A flying fantasy beetle” by Sirpa Kärkkäinen “Old memories” by Keila Knobel “Liana, Aldeia Kalipety”, part of the project Terra Terreno Território “Portrait of a tree” by Ulf Rehnholm “Me, losing chlorophyll” by Inês Valente “Trinity” by Ronald D. Butler “Live long and prosper” by Christiane Schatz “From the Shade Garden” by Suzanne Izzo “Time lapse” by Nathalia Dov “You Belong Here” by Nicole Duprée “Eyes Ears” by Christopher Woodward “Full Send” by Teemu Lampinen ”Malva” by Isabelle Goossens “Legalize Manga” by Guilherme Gonçalves “Cosmo” by Simone Wicca “Untitled” by İlhan Sadıkoğlu “I want to write flowery poems, sir!” by Bengisu Çaygür “Lavande” by Émilie Léger “Landscape of Mirmanda, #02” by Pere Freixa & Mar Redondo “Sonho” by Naya Gonçalves “Mulberry Photogram” by Jen Perena “Scott Green Nuttle” by António Rebolo “Day” from the diptych series “Day and Night” by Ania Krypska “kakimono” by Dennis Humphrey “Self-Portrait (Plum Shiso)” by Jamie Lee Ohland “Two feathers” by Andreas Semerad “Poppy Phytogram” by Sophie Sherwood “Symmetry of an architecture” by Judith Sauer “Rockets” by Eliza Eleonora Frangelaki “Portrait of a rose“ by Ka.ma.su (nickname only) “Peony with Heart on Rose” by Ann Giordano “Passiflora Leaf” by Bernd Hutschenreuther “Sunny day” by Carmen Ayala “Cherries from Cherries” by CB Campbell “Verdejante” by Karine Resplandes “Peeler Park Airfield (Nashville 1)” by Lauren Fiasconaro “Catsburg” by Michael Dubanowich “Nature” by Mireya Arenas Patiño “Caroline at the mirror” by Natasha Guy “Annie at Sixteen” by Suanne Peterson “Squill on Squill” by Mary Kocol “Little Coriander Tree” by Regina Cury “Let’s have a cuppa” by Malin Fabbri “Erodium” by Danilo Pedruzzi “Simple” by Łukasz Biazik “Hommage to Herschel” by Alfonso de Castro “Summer” by Andy Schmitt “Summer Hope” by Hafsah Virk “Grandma’s House” by Kirsten Murphy “The Ancients” by Lauren Miller “Barbie Teddy Fashion Fun” by Francis Schanberger “Cabernet Sauvignon” by Syl Arena “Butterfly and Man No 3” by Devon John Chebra “Golden Wonga vine” by Wendy CurrieAvocado (Persea americana) anthotype by Clive Pigott
Country: Wellington, New Zealand
Parts used: Skin of the ‘pear’
Amount:Whole of ‘pear’ skin
Extracted by: Chopping, mortar, soaking and squeezing through muslin
Thinner: Isopropyl alcohol
Application: BrushingAvocado, probably “Hass” from California / Mexico (Persea americana) anthotype by Ralph Rinke
Country: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Parts used: Skins: cleaned off all the flesh and chopped finely
Amount: 30 grams
Extracted by: Soaking in 100 mL distilled water with 10 mL of ammonia added, over
a period of one to two weeks. The ammonia will bring out the reds: shake/stir to
aerate the emulsion every day to intensify the colour
Thinner: Distilled water for smoother, easier coating
Application: Brushing with synthetic brushBalloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) anthotype by Diane Jaquith
Country: Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
Parts used: Petals
Amount: About 12 flowers per print
Extracted by: Mini juicer
Thinner: Distilled water
Application: BrushingBeet, common (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Mirelle Medina
Country: Mexico City, Mexico
Parts used: Beet
Amount: Handful of beet; 2 tablespoons of sodium bicarbonate
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Ethyl alcohol, 71.5 percent
Application: Sponge swabsBeetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Alba Cid
Country: A Coruña, Spain
Parts used: Root
Amount: Half
Extracted by: Pre-cooked and peeled beetroot mashed in a blender
Thinner: A bit of tap water (I did 2 others with vodka alcohol and the results were more fuscia)
Application: BrushingBeetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Isabel Se Oh
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Root
Amount: 800 g
Extracted by: Soaking
Thinner: None
Application: BrushingBeetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by Sophie Lascelles
Country: Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona province, Spain
Parts used: Root
Amount: About a spoonful
Extracted by: Boiling, blending and straining
Application: Nylon brushBegonia, Rieger (Begonia x hiemalis) anthotype by Rhonda Lee Usipiuk
Country: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Parts used: Petals and petal parts
Amount: Small handful
Extracted by: Tearing, snipping with scissors, and grinding with mortar & pestle
Thinner: One tablespoon cheap vodka
Application: Brushing with foam brush; left small bits of plant material in the emulsionBellflowers (Campanula) anthotype by Teresa Guxens
Country: Barcelona, Spain
Parts used: Bellflower petals
Amount: Four handfuls of petals per print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Distilled water
Application: BrushingBlack elder or Black lace (Sambucus nigra) anthotype by Tracy Piper-Wright
Country: Ellesmere, Shropshire, UK
Parts used: Berries
Amount: 4 tablespoons
Extracted by: Cooking, mortar then strained. The berries were soaked in water for 3 days prior to cooking
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingBlack swallow wort (Vincetoxicum louiseae) anthotype by Anne Eder
Country: Lowell, MA, USA
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 3-4 cups
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Alcohol, vodka
Application: BrushingBlackberries, Triple Crown (Rubus fruticosus var. Triple Crown) anthotype by Richard Ray
Country: Vancouver, Washington, USA
Parts used: Berries, seeds
Amount: About ½ cup ground berries per print
Extracted by: Handheld electric blender
Thinner: 4 ounces distilled water, 2 ounces vodka
Application: BrushingBloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) anthotype by Alexandra Whiteside
Country: Texas, USA
Parts used: Fresh root/rhizome, purchased online
Amount: Two dozen 1″-3″ chunks of fresh roots, chopped into thin slices (about 2 cups of material)
Extracted by: Simmering of mixture
Thinner: Distilled water and reagent-grade pure alcohols (ethanol; possibly some methanol)
Application: Brushing on paper with a mop watercolor brushBlueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) anthotype by Anna-Maria Thewalt
Country: Trier, Germany
Parts used: Berries
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Purée with mixer
Thinner: 70% alcohol
Application: SpongeBougainvillea (Bougainvillea glabra) anthotype by Hugo von Behr
Country: Brasilia, Brazil
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 30 grams
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol
Application: BrushingBougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) anthotype by Sofia Rocha Sartorello
Country: Brasilia, Brazil
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 30 grams
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol
Application: BrushingBrown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) anthotype by Donna Moore
Country: Blaine, Tennessee, USA
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Isopropyl alcohol
Application: BrushingCalendula (Calendula officinalis) anthotype by Brian Richards
Country: Ponteland, Northumberland, England, UK
Parts used: Flowers and petals
Amount: 12 flower heads
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Tap water
Application: Brushing using Hake brushCocoa (Theobroma cacao) anthotype by Mark Jensen
Country: Kennewick, Washington State, USA
Parts used: Cocoa powder
Amount: About one tablespoon
Extracted by: Mixing
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: BrushingCosmos, garden (Cosmos bipinnatus) anthotype by Rajeev Peethambaran
Country: Kerala, India
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 15 grams
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: 18 mL alcohol (vodka)
Application: BrushingCosmos, sulphur (Bidens sulphurea) anthotype by Marina Soares
Country: Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 3 grams
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol and vinegar
Application: BrushingCosmos, sulphur (Cosmos sulphureus) anthotype by Janice Kamide
Country: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 36 petals
Extracted by: Mortar and pestle
Thinner: 1 teaspoon tap water (ph 8.3), one-half teaspoon white vinegar
Application: BrushingCrown lime (Silene coronaria) anthotype by Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen
Country: Naerum, north of Copenhagen, Denmark
Parts used: Petal
Amount: A handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol – household
Application: BrushingFern, hard (Blechnum spicant) anthotype by Janet Brown
Country: West Sussex, UK
Parts used: Sterile fronds
Amount: Handful
Extracted by: Hand blender
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingFireweed, common (Chamaenerion angustifolium) anthotype by Sirpa Kärkkäinen
Country: Helsinki, Finland
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 100 grams
Extracted by: Centrifuge in a blender
Thinner: Boiled tap water, a teaspoon of glycerol and vitamin C. First mixed the flower petals and a minimum amount of the boiled tap water in a blender, then filtered the mixture with cheesecloth. Mixed a teaspoon of glycerol into the solution. In the end, mixed an effervescent vitamin C tablet into the solution and mixed well
Application: BrushingFlame vine / Orange trumpetvine (Pyrostegia venusta) anthotype by Keila Knobel
Country: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol 70%
Application: Foam rod coatingGenipap (Genipa americana) anthotype by Dani Sandrini
Country: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Parts used: Unripe fruit
Amount: 2 fruits
Extracted by: Grated and filtered
Thinner: None
Application: BrushingGeranium, red/magenta (Perlargorium zonale) anthotype by Ulf Rehnholm
Country: Eskilstuna, Sweden
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: BrushingGreater celandine (Cheledonium majus) anthotype by Inês Valente
Country: Aveiro, Portugal
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: A handful for each print
Extracted by: Centrifuge
Thinner: Alcohol
Application: BrushingHibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa) anthotype by Ronald D. Butler
Country: New York City, NY, USA
Parts used: Dried flowers
Amount: Large handful placed in a mason Jar
Extracted by: Soaking while stored in a refrigerator for 48 hours, occasionally shaking the mixture
Thinner: 10 oz of Everclear 190 proof grain alcohol
Application: BrushingHollyhock (Alcea rosea) anthotype by Christiane Schatz
Country: Kiel, Germany
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print (two flower heads)
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: BrushingHosta / Plantain lily (Hosta ventricosa) anthotype by Suzanne Izzo
Country: Washington, DC, USA
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 2 teaspoons of liquid emulsion for each print
Extracted by: Blender, extracted liquid boiled briefly to reduce
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingIris / Beach iris (Neomarica candida) anthotype by Nathalia Dov
Country: Praia do Cassino, Rio grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Parts used: Entire flower
Amount: Five flowers
Extracted by: Crushing in a mortar
Thinner: None; liberates its own water that is already quite liquid and pigmented
Application: BrushingLamb’s quarter (Chenopodium album) anthotype by Nicole Duprée
Country: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Parts used: Stem and leaves
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Isopropyl alcohol
Application: DippingLamb’s-ear (Stachys byszantina) anthotype by Christopher Woodward
Country: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 6 leaves
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: About 1/2 cup distilled water
Application: Brushing with sponge brushLily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) anthotype by Teemu Lampinen
Country: Tampere, Finland
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 20-25 leaves per A4 print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Tap water, alcohol (cheap vodka)
Application: Foam brushMallow (Malva sylvestris) anthotype by Isabelle Goossens
Country: Belgium
Parts used: Dried petals
Amount: Small handful
Extracted by: Soaking
Thinner: Boiling tap water, Hansaplast alcohol 70%
Application: BrushingMango (Mangifera indica) anthotype by Guilherme Gonçalves
Country: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 3 leaves
Extracted by: Boiled
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingMangosteen / mangostim (Garcinia mangostana) anthotype by Simone Wicca
Country: São Paulo, Brazil
Parts used: Fruit peel
Amount: Peel of one fruit
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: 10 mL deionized water
Application: Cotton ballsMix of Carrot (Daucus carota) and Turnip (Brassica napobrassica), fermented purple juice anthotype by İlhan Sadıkoğlu
Country: Istanbul, Turkey
Parts used: Juice
Amount: 2 tablespoons
Extracted by: N/A
Thinner: Not used
Application: BrushingMix of Chinese hibiscus, red (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), Petunia, purple (Petunia × atkinsiana) anthotype by Bengisu Çaygür
Country: İstanbul, Turkey
Parts used: Flowers
Amount: 2 tablespoons of each
Extracted by: Boiling in water to which citric acid was added
Thinner: Water
Application: BrushingMix of Lavender (Lavandula), Spinach (Spinacia oleracea), Blue butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) and Basil (Ocimum basilicum) anthotype by Émilie Léger
Country: Montréal, Canada
Parts used: Petals from lavender petals; leaves from spinach and basil; buds from blue butterfly pea
Amount: 4 spinach leaves, 4 basil leaves, 4 lavender buds, a dozen blue butterfly pea buds
Extracted by: Mortar and pestle
Thinner: Tap water
Application: Brushing with paint brush and spongeMorning glory, blue (Ipomoea indica) anthotype by Pere Freixa & Mar Redondo
Country: Barcelona, Spain
Parts used: Petals, flowers
Amount: Two handfuls for 6 prints (A4)
Extracted by: Mortar and soaking for 30 minutes
Thinner: Vodka
Application: BrushingMulberry / Amora (Morus celtidifolia) anthotype by Naya Gonçalves
Country: Brasília, Brazil
Parts used: Fruits, stem
Amount: 400 grams
Extracted by: Squeezing
Thinner: None
Application: Brushing with paint brushMulberry, black (Morus nigra) anthotype by Jen Perena
Country: Rochester, NY, USA
Parts used: Berries
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka, 40%)
Application: BrushingNettle, green (Urtica Gracilis) anthotype by António Rebolo
Country: Portugal
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 1 cup
Extracted using: Centrifuge
Thinner: Alcohol 96%
Application: BrushingOnion, red (Allium cepa) anthotype by Ania Krypska
Country: London, UK
Parts used: Skin
Amount: Outer layers peeled off three onions
Extracted by: Cooking
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingPersimmon, Japanese (Diospyros kaki) anthotype by Dennis Humphrey
Country: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Parts used: Powdered granules from brewed and fermented juice of ripened fruit
Amount: 3.5 grams
Thinner: 125 mL distilled water for 2 letter-sized prints
Application: Selective brushing and dripping with foam brush; stamping with rim of small shot glassPlum shiso (Perilla frutescens) anthotype by Jamie Lee Ohland
Country: Milwaukee, WI, USA
Parts used: Leaves and tender stems
Amount: Rounded handful
Extracted by: Blender and mesh strainer
Thinner: Equal parts water and vodka (1/2 ounce each)
Application: Brushing (squirrel hair brush)Pokeweed, American (Phytolacca americana) anthotype by Andreas Semerad
Country: Austria
Parts used: Berries
Amount: 250 mL for 6 sheets A4 paper
Extracted by: Hand blender and sieve
Thinner: Tap water and alcohol
Application: BrushingPoppy, common (Papaver rhoeas) anthotype by Sophie Sherwood
Country: Bristol, UK
Parts used: Petals
Amount: A handful
Extracted by: Mortar and soaking
Thinner: Alcohol (homemade sloe gin)
Application: DippingRed cabbage, common (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra) anthotype by Judith Sauer
Country: Trier, Germany
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 125 grams
Extracted by: Mixing
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: DippingRocket (Eruca sativa) anthotype by Eliza Eleonora Frangelaki
Country: Thessaloniki, Greece
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 100 grams (they produce a lot of pigment)
Extracted by: Blending with water, then filtered through cotton fabric
Thinner: Filtered tap water
Application: BrushingRose (Rosa “Santana“) anthotype by Ka.ma.su (nickname only)
Country: Czech Republic
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Soaking
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingRose, red spray (Rosa spp.) anthotype by Ann Giordano
Country: New York City, USA
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar then blender to produce a large amount
Thinner: Distilled water, gin
Application: BrushingSaffron crocus (Crocus sativus) anthotype by Bernd Hutschenreuther
Country: Dresden, Germany
Parts used: Saffron stigmas
Amount: 10 stigmas
Extracted by: Soaking
Thinner: Tap water and Isopropanol
Application: BrushingSaffron crocus (Crocus sativus) anthotype by Carmen Ayala
Country: Almería, Spain
Parts used: Saffron powder
Amount: 0.125 g
Extracted by: Soaking
Thinner: Tap water, 40 mL
Application: BrushingSour cherry (Prunus cerasus) anthotype by CB Campbell
Country: Thunder Bay, Canada
Parts used: Fruit, pitted
Amount: Juice from 5-7 cherries per print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Thinned and stabilized with a few drops of lime juice and rubbing alcohol
Application: BrushSpinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Karine Resplandes
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 350 grams
Extracted by: Pestle
Thinner: None
Application: BrushingSpinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Lauren Fiasconaro
Country: Philadelphia, USA
Parts used: Leaves and stems
Amount: 1 teaspoon per print
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: None
Application: BrushingSpinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Michael Dubanowich
Country: Cary, USA
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: About 8 fl oz
Extracted by: Immersion blender
Thinner: 91 Isopropyl alcohol
Application: BrushingSpinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Mireya Arenas Patiño
Country: Madrid, Spain
Parts used: Spinach
Amount: 100 g
Extracted by: Crushed
Thinner: 15 mL water, 35 mL alcohol
Application: BrushingSpinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Natasha Guy
Country: Paris, France
Parts used: Leaves and stems
Amount: Several handfuls
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Vodka
Application: Brushing with a sponge brushSpinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Suanne Peterson
Country: Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: 1 teaspoon 91% isopropyl alcohol
Application: BrushingSquill (Scilla siberica) anthotype by Mary Kocol
Country: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Parts used: Flower and some stems
Amount: A handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Isopropyl alcohol, trace amount
Application: BrushingTayoba (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) anthotype by Regina Cury
Country: near Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 1 adult leaf per print
Extracted by: Food processor
Thinner: Filtered water
Application: PaintbrushTea, assam (Camellia assamica) anthotype by Malin Fabbri
Country: Sweden
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 3 teaspoons
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Boiling tap water
Application: Dipping, emerging the whole substrate, leaving it to dry, then brushing on 8 coatsTomato (Solanum lycopersicum) anthotype by Danilo Pedruzzi
Country: Bergamo, near Milano, Italy
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: A few leaves for printing
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Few drops of tap water
Application: Sponge brushTomato, cherry (Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme) anthotype by Łukasz Biazik
Country: Lodz, Poland
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 60 grams
Thinner: None, pure leaf juice
Application: Hammering with a rubber malletTurmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Alfonso de Castro
Country: Pedrola near Zaragoza, Spain
Parts used: Powder
Amount: 1 tablespoon
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol, 96 percent for medical use
Application: BrushingTurmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Andy Schmitt
Country: Plainsboro, NJ, USA
Parts used: Turmeric powder
Amount: 3 oz powder in 6 oz liquid
Extracted by: Shaking, then left to settle: gives a saturated solution
Thinner: Denatured ethyl alcohol
Application: BrushingTurmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Hafsah Virk
Country: Lebach, Germany
Parts used: Turmeric powder
Amount: 3 tablespoons
Extracted by: Cooking
Thinner: Vodka (37.5% alcohol), spirits (99%)
Application: BrushingTurmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Kirsten Murphy
Country: Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Parts used: Powder
Amount: 1 tsp
Thinner: 4 tsp Life Brand, 99% denatured alcohol
Application: BrushingTurmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Lauren Miller
Country: Wichita, USA
Parts used: Powder
Amount: 1 tablespoon turmeric, 3 tablespoons iso alcohol
Thinner: 91% Isopropyl alcohol. trained through a coffee filter
Application: BrushingWalnut, black (Juglans nigra) anthotype by Francis Schanberger
Country: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Parts used: Hull of the black walnut
Amount: 250 mL
Extracted by: Soaking in water with added iron, rusty nails
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingWine, red, Cabernet sauvignon (Vitis vinifera) anthotype by Syl Arena
Country: USA
Parts used: Cheap wine, straight from the bottle
Amount: Uncertain: prepared several sheets over multiple days and discarded the last remaining bit
Application: Soaked in shallow tray of wine for several minutes, drained, dried horizontallyWineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) anthotype by Devon John Chebra
Country: Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA
Parts used: Berries
Amount: Handful of berries to prep emulsion and a dropper-full per sheet of 5×7 inch paper
Extracted by: Cooking – gently simmered to release pigment and again after filtering to concentrate pigment in solution
Thinner: Filtered water
Application: BrushingWonga-wonga vine, gold (Pandorea pandorana) anthotype by Wendy Currie
Country: Melbourne, Australia
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Small handful
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Two capfuls of vodka
Application: Brushing
“Red Amazonia” by Daniela Feldman “#1” by Mary Brockson “Water Towers” by Huda Abdulmughni “Gather ye rosehips” by Alison Bell “Wild at Heart” by Anne Guest “Tea Table” by Narmada Sugasti “Bracken anthotype” by Paul Ligas “A Field Snail” by Montserrat Rodríguez “Fall Out Boy CD” by Diego Batalla “Earth” by Mónica Páez Espinosa “The Dog’s Name Was Jake” anthotype by Christine Acebo “Happy Cousins” by Johan Alfraeus “Dove” by Karyn Hinz “Wouldn’t you like to be a whale?” by Ana Solo “Peregrina, leaves and flowers” by Ira Kononenko “Nature connection” by Kazimierz Biernat “Luna Moth” by Carol L Padden “Noria and the sea” by Sara Olivia Fuentes “Concrete vs. Sweet Peas” by Sarah Garrod “Geranium 3” by Michael BarathAnnatto / Urucum (Bixa orellana) anthotype by Daniela Feldman
Country: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Parts used: Seeds
Amount: 2 fruits (about 60 seeds)
Extracted by: Mortar and pestle
Thinner: Filtered water
Application: BrushingAnnatto seed of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana) anthotype by Mary Brockson
Country: Wilmington Delaware, USA
Parts used: Seeds
Amount: 5 g
Extracted by: Ground in spice grinder and strained
Thinner: 2 tablespoons isopropyl alcohol 70%
Application: BrushingBahraini almond (Terminalia catappa) anthotype by Huda Abdulmughni
Country: Kuwait city, Kuwait
Parts used: Fruit skin
Amount: 5 pieces
Extracted by: Mortar, boiling
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingBeach rose (Rosa Rugosa) anthotype by Alison Bell
Country: St. Catharines, Canada
Parts used: Fruit of rosehips
Amount: About 25 rosehips
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: A splash each of 91% isopropyl alcohol and distilled water
Application: BrushingBirch, silver (Betula pendula) anthotype by Anne Guest
Country: Birmingham, UK
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: Handful
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Distilled water
Application: BrushingBlackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis) anthotype by Narmada Sugasti
Country: Brasília, Brazil
Parts used: Wild fruit harvested and frozen
Amount: Handful for 50 mL
Extracted by: Mortar and strainer
Thinner: None
Application: BrushingBracken (Pteridium aquilinum) anthotype by Paul Ligas
Country: Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, UK
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: A handful
Extracted by: Mortar and pestle
Thinner: 4 teaspoons (tsp) isopropyl alcohol
Application: BrushingFennel (Foeniculum vulgare) anthotype by Montserrat Rodríguez aka nyx10110
Country: L’Estartit, Girona, Spain
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 1 branch
Extracted by: Mortar and strainer
Thinner: 15 mL tap water and 2 mL of ethyl alcohol 96%
Application: BrushingGrape, purple or (Vitis vinifera) anthotype by Diego Batalla
Country: Mexico
Parts used: All the grapes
Amount: 30 pieces
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingJamaica flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa) anthotype by Mónica Páez Espinosa
Country: Ecuador (Galápagos islands)
Parts used: Raw flowers
Amount: 3 pieces
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Sugarcane Alcohol 45%
Application: BrushingMix of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) and Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana) anthotype by Christine Acebo
Country: Ashford, Connecticut, USA
Parts used: Root of turmeric; petals of pansy
Amount: 10 thin slices of turmeric root and petals from 12 pansy flowers
Extracted by: Soaking for turmeric; Mortar for pansy
Thinner: Vodka
Application: BrushingMix of Turmeric powder (Curcuma longa), Red curry paste (Capsicum annuum) and Tabasco scorpion sauce (Capsicum chinense) anthotype by Johan Alfraeus
Country: Hammarö/Karlstad, Sweden
Parts used: Powder, paste and sauce. Turmeric 50%, Red Curry Paste 30%, Tabasco Scorpion Sauce (Trinidad Scorpion Butch T, the hottest tabasco sauce there is) 20%
Amount: 60 grams Turmeric powder, 36 grams Red Curry Paste, 24 grams Tabasco Scorpion Sauce
Extracted by: Mix of ingredients listed above
Thinner: 96% Alcohol (Ethanol/Isopropanol). Emulsion strained through double-folded cotton fabric
Application: Sponge brushOak, common (Quercus rober) anthotype by Karyn Hinz
Country: Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: A handful for each print
Extracted by: Mini food processor followed by further crushing with mortar
Thinner: Vodka
Application: BrushingPepper, red bell (Capsicum annuum) anthotype by Ana Solo
Country: Tapawera, near Nelson, New Zealand
Parts used: Red part of pepper. White parts, the calyx (green part) and the seeds removed
Amount: 1 small red pepper
Extracted by: Small blender
Thinner: Alcohol
Application: SpongePeregrina (Jatropha integerrima Jacq.) anthotype by Ira Kononenko
Country: La Habana, Cuba
Parts used: Flowers
Amount: 700 mL glass jar full of flowers to 10 tablespoons of rum
Extracted by: Marble mortar and pestle
Thinner: Havana Club Rum 3 years aged, 40% alcohol
Application: Left paper for a couple of days on a wide plate soaking in a thin layer of emulsion until the liquid evaporated and paper driedPumpkin, giant (Cucurbita maxima) anthotype by Kazimierz Biernat
Country: Cracow area, Poland
Parts used: Petals
Amount: 10 flowers
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Vodka
Application: Brushing with foam brushSpinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) anthotype by Carol L Padden
Country: USA
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: A handful
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol 91%
Application: BrushingSpinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Sara Olivia Fuentes
Country: Los Ángeles, Chile
Parts used: Stem, leaves
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Medical alcohol
Application: Cotton swabsSweet pea (Lathyrus latifolious) anthotype by Sarah Garrod
Country: London, UK
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Tap water
Application: BrushingTurmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Michael Barath
Country: USA
Parts used: Powdered spice
Amount: 1 tablespoon
Thinner: Isopropyl alcohol 91%
Application: Brushing
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