Block mounted original wet cyanotype print - Seaweed Signature II
Block mounted original wet cyanotype print - Seaweed Signature II
This block mounted original wet cyanotyp print was created with marks from the ocean and washed up seaweed on the artist’s local beach on the Capricorn Coast in central Queensland.
The print is made by hand and mounted onto a timber art panel using archival EVA glue, finished with a nourishing wax. The mounted print is designed to sit on a shelf. Each print is unique.
Dimensions: 200mm x 200mm x 40mm. Freestanding to sit on a shelf.
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How do you make botanical contact prints?
Michelle chooses leaves from the landscape that she is inspired by, then places them on heavy 100% cotton printmaking paper which is then rolled up into a tight bundle around a PVC pipe and simmered in water with rusted objects to release the natural dye from the leaves onto the paper. It's a magical process and each print is one of a kind.
About the artist
Michelle is an experimental printmaker with a passion for working with materials from her environment to provide a deeper connection to Darumbal Country where she lives and works. River sediment, saltwater, sand and vegetation are some of the materials used to create marks in her current works. Michelle has an interest in linking science with art and responds to the environment and the landscape, often using data and local history in the narrative. Michelle’s print techniques regularly use non-traditional materials and processes, pushing boundaries, rarely conventional.