In line with my Cherokee ancestry (on my daddy's side) I spent much of Friday hunting and gathering for launching my paper dyeing project this weekend.
Where I hunt: Goodwill and other thrift shops; a new venue (thanks to Kate) the Restaurant Supply Store on Fredricksburg; grocery stores, the ground upon which I walk.
So I have the pans and strainers, canning jars (HEB), tongs, papers, and vegetables.
Next step: a walk to gather leaves for botanical-infused paper.
Rose leaves and other leaves, a few flowers, etc. are pressed between layers of paper, then all that is bound with twine and boiled and simmered for a while. When you open the bundle, voila! You have paper with imprints of the leaves and flowers.
I did learn something new yesterday: if you spray leaves with water and then freeze them flat in Tupperware containers, you can use them throughout the year to use for botanical-infused papers as well as gel prints.
That way, when it's snowing (which never happens in my neck of the woods anyway) you can still make impressions with leaves.
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