by Susan Brisco | Mar 5, 2024 | Art Science, Science |
One of my aims of this project was to explore potential fine art applications of using the botanical inks. It seems that many artists and artisans use their botanical inks for dyeing fabrics and not many artists take botanical inks into a fine art application. My...
by Susan Brisco | Mar 5, 2024 | Art Science, Science |
During this art-science project of making a natural botanical palette of my own using wild plants, I learned how to be a responsible forager as recommended by The Woodland Trust and BSBI Code of Conduct as proposed by the National History Museum. I became a more...
by Susan Brisco | Mar 4, 2024 | Art Science, Drawing |
The drawing above show just how complex the wiring is in our retina leading off to the optic nerve. As I’ve been familiarising myself into how we see and why green spaces instil in us beautiful feelings of wellbeing, it seems we have two ways of seeing...
by Susan Brisco | Mar 4, 2024 | Art Science |
The ancient green pigment, chlorophyll is nature’s symbol of life. It has been in existence, here on earth for three billion years and is responsible for the beautiful living green palette we see all around us. Its hard to achieve a real...
by Susan Brisco | Jan 20, 2024 | Art Film, Art Science, Drawing, Science |
Inventory of inks (Feb – Dec) To date, I have foraged, harvested and made 34 botanical inks throughout the season. This number has quite surprised me! Each ink brings back a memory of a walk, a place, an experience and a story. For example, one day, a walk in Wales...
by Susan Brisco | Jan 18, 2024 | Art Science, Drawing, Science |
Plants are reliant on sunlight for their existence. The sun determines their life cycle. Sunlight informs a plant to germinate, when to grow and ultimately, when to die off ready for its dormant period in the winter. When the spring arrives, warmer sunlight...
