I was just watching old episodes of the BBC program Edible Garden, when I saw this and immediately thought "I need to do this. Now."
In this snippet the presenter, Alys Fowler, makes leaf prints with a friend. She says this is an old Japanese technique.
They first went out to find strong colored leaves and flowers.
They say that fleshy leaves in strong colors and shapes have the best effect.
Then get a natural fiber fabric, place the leaves in your preferred arrangement, fold the fabric over (or place another piece of fabric over), and hammer with a mallet until it looks like the color has been absorbed.
Then open the fabric and peel/rub off the excess leaf.
And you are left with beautiful patterns.
Vibrant colors and perfect patterns.
It even works with flower petals, look at those delicately preserved violets!
When the prints are totally dry, iron the material to fix the plant dye.
Are you ready to go find leaves?
*all photos taken from episode 5, originally broadcast May 5, 2010
In this snippet the presenter, Alys Fowler, makes leaf prints with a friend. She says this is an old Japanese technique.
They first went out to find strong colored leaves and flowers.
They say that fleshy leaves in strong colors and shapes have the best effect.
Then get a natural fiber fabric, place the leaves in your preferred arrangement, fold the fabric over (or place another piece of fabric over), and hammer with a mallet until it looks like the color has been absorbed.
Then open the fabric and peel/rub off the excess leaf.And you are left with beautiful patterns.
Vibrant colors and perfect patterns.
It even works with flower petals, look at those delicately preserved violets!When the prints are totally dry, iron the material to fix the plant dye.
Are you ready to go find leaves?
*all photos taken from episode 5, originally broadcast May 5, 2010
2 comments:
Unfortunately the heat has really crushed the blossoms in my garden but I still have some left. This would be a perfect project between May and June.
maybe we could try it in autumn...
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