“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)
“Fairies” by Charlie Linhares
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Petals
Quantity: 65 grams
Extracted by: Maceration
Diluent: 50 mL alcohol
Application: Brushing
“Cholla-Redux” by Larz Grenier
Country: Nashua, NH, USA
Parts used: Fruit
Amount: 2 tablespoons of fruit / 120 mL gin
Extracted by: Mortar, coffee filter
Thinner: Gin
Application: Brushing (foam brush)
“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)
“El mar florece” 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)
“Spring anticipation” 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)
“Wings of hope” 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)
“Epiphany” 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)
“Delicate activism”, 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)
“Caballo” (Horse) 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)
“I hope we are in time” 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)
“Deep inside” 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)
“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)
“Blomlandet from the anthotype book Återvändarna” 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)
“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)
“Will fall, will not fall, hope of the cat” 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)
“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)
“Anthop-pop” 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)
“I needed to get a little Lisa Frank on this” 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)