“Love bite fades” by Brittonie Fletcher
Country: Boston, MA, USA and Edinburgh, UK, but print was made in a lightbox
Parts used: Berries
Amount: Handful of berries (unfiltered)
Extracted by: Mortar and soaking
Thinner: Gin
Application: Brushing (several coats)
“Tree Bones” by Penny Russell
Country: Bristol, UK
Parts used: Petals
Amount: One bloom head
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Vodka
Application: Brushing
“Moods” by Vic Fischbach
Country: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Parts used: Petals
Amount: Handful for each print
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Alcohol (40% neutral)
Application: Brushing
“From the Shade Garden” 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: Brushing
“Paul’s” by Helen Kapitain
Country: London, UK
Parts used: Stem and leaves
Amount: 200 grams
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: Dipping
“Church of Our Lady” by Anna Leah Harting
Country: Trier, Germany
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 125 grams
Extracted by: Mixing
Thinner: Vodka
Application: Dipping
“Symmetry of an architecture” by Judith Sauer
Country: Trier, Germany
Parts used: Leaves
Amount: 125 grams
Extracted by: Mixing
Thinner: Alcohol (vodka)
Application: Dipping
“A flying fantasy beetle” 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: Brushing
“Peregrina, leaves and flowers” 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 dried
“Tea Table” 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: Brushing
“Landscape of Mirmanda, #02” 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: Brushing
“Art” 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: Brushing
“Earth” by Mónica Páez Espinosa
Country: Ecuador (Galápagos islands)
Parts used: Raw flowers
Amount: 3 pieces
Extracted by: Mortar
Thinner: Sugarcane Alcohol 45%
Application: Brushing
“Fall Out Boy CD” by Diego Batalla
Country: Mexico
Parts used: All the grapes
Amount: 30 pieces
Extracted by: Blender
Thinner: Tap water
Application: Brushing
“Poppy Phytogram” by Sophie Sherwood
Country: Bristol, UK
Parts used: Petals
Amount: A handful
Extracted by: Mortar and soaking
Thinner: Alcohol (homemade sloe gin)
Application: Dipping
“Ancestral Inquiries” 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 minutes
“Time lapse” 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: Brushing