“Family Meal (1993/2022)” 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)
“Fragile” 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)
“Dream” 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)
“Mourning” 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)
“Even in war there is hope” 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)
“Birds Summer Delight” 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)
“Pandora’s box” 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)
“Look at the birds of the air” 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)
“Three Summer Graces” 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)
“Flora & Fauna” 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)