in the green road so much green. May may be my favourite month of the year in England. and green leaf prints seem to be the thing. I discovered that sycamore leaves give great green prints, both sides of the leaf too, after dipping in iron water, sometimes darkening to purplish, mostly those were the leaves with a red-purple tinge, which some trees have when the leaves are young I now have two great long kimono silk linings printed like this and this not sure what to do with them. experimenting further, with things in my garden, I found wonderful green leaf prints with jack by the hedge beloved of orange tip butterflies, and those who like tasty wild plants; it also goes by the name of garlic mustard. so I decided on a dress just for me with this ephemeral wild plant, combined with cow parsley. it will be interesting to see how fast it is. I have been wearing a similar one dyed with my banksii rose leaves for eight months, and it has held up well. I think using metal acetates, copper and iron, seems to help with fastness. I washed the jack by the hedge dress and if anything it seemed greener afterwards. as for the banksii rose, it is enormous at the moment, and covered in flowers. once they are over it is going to have to have a radical trim, as I can only get in the shed where I keep the pots by bending double, and it is right over the top of several parts of my shed complex. even the workshop is blanketed under it. indoors the flowers have an intense perfume. the double yellow is another banksii, but without the scent. we visited Felbrigg woods, the beech trees there are quite extraordinary. more intensity of green huge old chestnuts as well at the bottom of the green lane one oak is very late, but it always keeps its leaves until almost Christmas. the ash trees are really late this year, only just fully out, right at the end of May; the cold weather has held them back. Tilda after an expedition into the rape. all sorts of deer, the hares, and the rabbits spend their time under cover in it, she always comes out soaking wet with yellow petals in her coat. here it is at the beginning of the month. now it has almost finished flowering and is shoulder high. Post navigation Pragmata Gallerya bisc firing tonight 2 Comments What beautiful prints you made from the sycamore and jack by the hedge! Reply thanks, I wear the dress almost every day (except it’s a little hot at the moment) I think it HAS faded a bit … only to be expected Reply Leave a ReplyCancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
thanks, I wear the dress almost every day (except it’s a little hot at the moment) I think it HAS faded a bit … only to be expected Reply