Yesterday I joined several other members of the Haverhill Art Association at Nunan’s Florist and greenhouse for a botanical inspired day of printing.
Each Sunday in January the artists gather in the greenhouse and paint, draw, print and make clay work. The series culminates with a final exhibit and opening to the public on Sunday, January 28th from 12 to 3.
I started by walking around looking for shapes and textures. Then I took some photos.
I decided to hunt for a few leaves or ferns on the floor and to make some single color cards.
I had a wonderful, warm, winter afternoon in the greenhouse pulling gelatin prints.
I was lucky to find a few fairly flat ferns and leaves and produce some lovely detailed impression with the gelatin plate.
Towards the end of the day I cut a tavel stencil based on a sketch that I did of some leaves and pulled a couple of two color prints on old book pages.
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