“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)
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) anthotype by Sara Olivia Fuentes
“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)
Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana) ‘Purpurea’ anthotype by Wendy Currie
“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)
Onion (Allium cepa) anthotype by Laure Martin
“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)
Arjuna tree (Terminalia Arjuna) + Others anthotype by Archana Verma Kakar
“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)
Phasey bean (Macroptilium lathyroides) anthotype by Keila Knobel
“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)
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Blueprint
“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)
Geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) anthotype by Malin Fabbri
“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)
Algae, spirulina (Arthrospira jenneri) anthotype by Tania Valarezo
“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)
Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) anthotype by Astrid Robertsson
“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)
Blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) + Lupine (Lupinus Platycarpos) anthotype by Linda Maria Thompson
“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)
Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) anthotype by David Silk
“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)
Blueberry, wild from Maine (Vaccinium angustifolium) anthotype by DM Witman
“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)
Blueberry (Vaccinium sect. cyanococcus) anthotype by Tian Shi
“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)
Pokeberry, common (Phytolacca americana) anthotype by Donna Moore
“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)
Onion (Allium cepa L.) + Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) + Others anthotype by Lukasz Biazik
“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)
Petunia, Brooklyn (Petunia violacea) anthotype by Brittonie Fletcher
“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)
Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) anthotype by Anne Eder
“Boneyard Creature” 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)
Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitate f, rubra) + Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Camila Mangueira
“The Anthotype as a Gesture of Hope” 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)
Black Grape (Vitis vinifera) + Geranium (pelarnonium) anthotype by Lökidore Laurence
“Love is Hope” by Lökidore
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)