“Butterfly and Man No 3” by Devon John Chebra
Country: Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA
Parts used: Berries
Amount: Handful of berries to prep emulsion and a dropper-full per sheet of 5×7 inch paper
Extracted by: Cooking – gently simmered to release pigment and again after filtering to concentrate pigment in solution
Thinner: Filtered water
Application: Brushing
Layers: 4
Substrate: Watercolour paper
Created with: Laser printed OHP positive collaged with handwriting on OHP
Exposure: 3 days, August, summer 2023
Contrast: ✿✿ (Medium)
Challenges or observations: (optional) Wineberry releases pigment into water quickly upon heating, and then exposed areas of the printed paper looks a similar orange tone to the left over berry pulp filtered from the solution. Could have been exposed a few more days.
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Website: devonjohn.com
Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) anthotype by Devon John Chebra
This anthotype is part of World Anthotype Day
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