“Leaves and Mom” by Nancy Breslin
Country: Washington DC, USA
Parts used: Berries
Amount: 1/3 cup
Extracted by: Crushed with a spoon, then filtered through mesh fabric
Thinner: A little tap water
Application: Brushing
Layers: 5
Substrate: Cotman 140 lb. cold pressed watercolour paper
Created with: Serviceberry leaves; plant name handwritten on transparency; positive transparency portrait (printed digitally)
Exposure: 8 weeks, June 1 to July 31, summer, 2023
Contrast: ✿ (Low)
Challenges or observations: The berries are a dark colour but even five coats of emulsion didn’t look very dark. The UV light had to penetrate three panes of glass (double glazed window and glass in the print frame).
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Instagram: @nbres
Website: www.nancybreslin.com
Service berry (Amelachier laevis) anthotype by Nancy Breslin
This anthotype is part of World Anthotype Day
World Anthotype Day was started by AlternativePhotography.com in 2022. In August anthotype artists all over the world celebrate the anthotype process and send in their entries. We add them here to the database and create a reference book for each year. The purpose of the day is to build a large resource where artist can learn which pigmenets and plants that work and draw inspiration from other artists' work. The reference books can be found here:
Volume 1 is the first book in the series:
Volume 1 contains 60 unique anthotype emulsions from 103 artists taking part from 31 countries.
Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2022
Volume 2 is the second book:
Volume 2 contains 100 unique anthotype emulsions from 139 artists taking part from 31 countries.
Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 2 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2023
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