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 presented us a multitude of gorse bushes, each adorned with beautiful yellow flowers embedded in prickly thorns. Picking these colourful gorse flowers was a challenge and added an hour to our already long walk. I had to improvise and put the valuable stash of collected flowers in the hood of my kagoule for the rest of the walk.
Each foraged specimen was collected in a responsible manner making sure so as to ensure nature would not be interrupted in its mission of reproduction of that plant.
I present you with the 34 botanical inks. .
Daffodil
Dandelion
Alder catkin
Willow catkin
Hazel catkin
Cow parsley
Hyacinth
Nettle early new leaf
Camellia pink
Camellia red
Rose Yellow
Cherry blossom
Doc leaf
Crocosmia
Gorse
Woad
Rosebay willow herb
Elderberry
Holly hock
Hydrangea
Mugwort
Red doc
Burnet rose hip
Blackberry
Mugwort with flowers
Oak bark
Acorn
Mugwort mature leaf
Virginia creeper
Olive leaf
Nettle flowers
Nettle new growth
Acorn older
Seaweed
