Getting re-acquainted

It's been several weeks of 'lock-down'. I am enjoying walks from the house, building up my post-op fitness as well as discovering new walks and hedgerows of my neighbourhood. Also appreciating the garden and details not noticed before such as bare roots found in the compost heap -



and the way I can use flowers for more than their visual beauty. Boiling a handful of buttercup flowers to reduce to an ink.



The resulting colour is soft but stronger than in the photo below.

Also printing with leaves and petals onto paper and fabric.

Prints made between the folds in a concertina'd paper strip. Folded paper was put under a heavy weight for 24 hours. Red rose petals, buttercups, yellow rose petals, dandelion leaves.