My posts have been a little content shy lately due to the domestic chaos and a exceptionally long to-do list. So today's post is a direct resource that can be used to produce paper leaves from tea stained papers! Why, you ask, when real leaves are shin deep all around my house, already owning the gorgeous color of a fine Turkish tea bath, would one want to make more? Aside from the fact that these are permanent and will not crack apart when saved like natural treasures for a little too long, the process looks fun. The results that Ruth Norbury achieves are interesting and the process could easily apply to making other types of things. I'm getting into making textile reliefs, at least in my head, and every technique that makes a free-standing object that can be layered is of interest to my unconscious, percolating artist right now.
If fall leaf making isn't inspiring, here's a link to another video featuring an Australian artist Doborah Wirsu showing how to use organza to make natural looking leaves. She suggests they become bookmarks, but I can see them, as well as other forms including people, bones, and other things, being tacked onto a quilted surface. Cheers again!
Happy raking, happy fall, happy leaf-season. Winter is on the way!