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Paper and stitch

 

This pre-treated watercolour paper boiled away in a bundle of other papers for several hours - using an iron based bath - and produced some delightful prints. These have then been marked up, using a Micron pigment pen to delineate tonal and other changes within the leaf shapes. Some parts brought to life, with others left as is. Some thread, also dyed in the same pot, was then sewn into needle-point stab holes around the leaf shapes. A series of these will become my 2024 Christmas and Special Day cards.

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