Milky Mangroves Small Botanical Contact Print Sketchbook III
Milky Mangroves Small Botanical Contact Print Sketchbook III
The heavy 100% cotton rag paper cover stock that wraps around the five signatures of this sketchbook was contact printed with leaves from the milky mangrove trees that fringe the edge of the salt pans that Michelle sneaks a glimpse of from her studio window on the Capricorn Coast in central Queensland. Earthy colours, rich in browns.
The interior pages consist of blank sheets of 300gsm watercolour paper interspersed with additional tea and rust stained and botanical contact printed pages.
The sketchbook is bound by hand with waxed linen thread.
Dimensions: 120mm x 120mm x 15mm
60 pages + cover
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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 works. Michelle has a strong 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.