Stalking the Wild Prints Meets Green Mixed Media Journal

My last workshop was a combo of Stalking the Wild Prints and Green Mixed Media Journal. 

A lovely combination!

Front Cover 

First we will build an up-cycled journal to use for our printing samples.

pages made from recycled cards & junk mail

gesso, paint & texture!

Besides being easy and lots of fun to make, the materials are free and don’t add to the landfills. The journal can be made as simply or as artfully as your muse suggests.

nature prints on all kinds of substrates 

Gather found natural items to print like leaves, grass, and ferns- perfect to get outside!

sample prints glued in 

We'll experience a type of printmaking, very simple, easy and you won't want to stop! This technique is similar to a monotype, the incidental and the unintended become part of the image. 

Stitched

 published in Cloth, Paper, Scissors 

simple notched journal complete

Stalking the Wild Leaves Workshop

        Plein air printing? Why not! Take a walk and get your materials for free! 

Not only can you gather found natural items to print but you can clear you head and get inspired too. 

           

 On walks, I’ll look at a piece of broken stones, leaves and ferns, branches and wonder ‘can I print with that?’ One of my mantras recently is ‘to just try it’! 

            

We'll experience a type of fabric or paper printmaking aka simple, easy and you won't want to stop!

                       

We’ll use some of our samples and print pages for a simple art-filled pamphlet book!

Wen published this technique in Cloth, Paper, Scissors in 2011