Caroline Coolidge Brown
  • Home
  • New Exhibit!
  • 100 Million Gallons
  • Portfolio
    • Blue Sky Thinking
    • Botanical Prints
    • Mountain Monoprints
    • In the Spirit
    • Mixed Media
    • Linoleum Prints
    • Commissions
    • Journals
  • Workshops
  • About Me
  • Musings & Newsings
  • Contact

Day 11: Fun with Flowers

9/12/2015

Comments

 
Picture

Today, after working on some more mountain studies with my printing press, I took a breather in the backyard. I smiled at my colorful zinnias, pulled some stubborn crepe myrtle sprouts, found an abundance of new gardenia blooms, and noticed the lovely faded hydrangea blossoms along the fence. I've never been one for dried flower arrangements, but I have been known to press special flowers inside books. I have found lots of four-leafed clovers in my dictionaries (they always remind me of my mom and my Aunt Marty who can both find them with uncanny ability in huge clover patches.) Recently I came across an ancient corsage in an attic box, romantically pressed in a photo album from high school. 

What would happen, I wondered, if I rolled some flowers through my big press? 

Here are the results! And I must say that it was pretty thrilling to lift the papers and see! I really love the detail of every vein and petal and the gradations of dark and light that come with each pass through the press.

My sweet zinnias and gardenias didn't hold up so well in the printing - but I'm importing some Queen Anne's Lace from my mountain friend and can't wait to see how those turn out. 
Comments

    News from 
    the Studio

    new art, classes, & ideas

    Archives

    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly