I noticed this tree root about a week ago. I thought this would be fun to print but would need to come back with supplies. Now there are several ways to print this but I decided on the quick and dirty to start with – a crayon rubbing, a.k.a. frottage. I did a post onContinue reading “Printing a Tree Root”
Category Archives: Botany & Plants
Sunday Printmaking Session
This project started out with these Alocasia leaves, which my friend Ren saved for me to print when they fell off the plant. After I bought them home, I realized they were far too large (about a foot wide and 18″ long) to print on my own. I contacted Josh Johnson, a printmaker and giftedContinue reading “Sunday Printmaking Session”
Books in a Box – Part 1 of 2
NOTE: If you have received this post twice it is due to a post scheduling glitch, my apologies. Yesterday I conducted a skill share workshop at the Fabric of Society York on using ready made boxes as a vehicle for artist book ideas. I will be writing more about that experience in part 2, butContinue reading “Books in a Box – Part 1 of 2”
Botany Blog Update: Winter Tree Series Completed
For those of you interested in particular topics on wild plants, but not necessarily everything I post on my Botany Diary blog, I will list the group of posts related to a particular topic when a series is finished. Recently completed was a series called Identifying Trees in Winter. Each of the individual posts areContinue reading “Botany Blog Update: Winter Tree Series Completed”
Latta Prairie – a special place
In my old neighborhood, I had just started to explore my local park for its natural history offerings – particularly the plants and birds. I had been familiar with that park for a long time but more from a recreational stance. When I came to NC, I had to not only learn new species ofContinue reading “Latta Prairie – a special place”
What’s In a Name??
As I have written about in the past, I currently work in an herbarium. For a very long time, I mounted botanical specimens. Now we are pretty caught up on that and I am delving into other tasks that surround collections. One of the things I work on fairly regularly is looking up current taxonomy.Continue reading “What’s In a Name??”
50,000 and Counting
This is dedicated to my friend Penny, who I was hiking with when we stumbled upon the first Lady’s Slipper I ever saw. Thursday was a big day at the herbarium where I work. We, as a group, collected our 50,000th specimen: A Pink Lady’s Slipper. Dr. Jim Matthews, who is the founder of theContinue reading “50,000 and Counting”
The Week Ending: February 25th, 2022
Every once in awhile I like to recap some pleasant or unusual highlights from my week. This is such a difficult time in the world, I figured I would share some more mundane, pleasant activities. I drove back from Maryland on Monday after visiting with my family and the weather was very nice. Since thisContinue reading “The Week Ending: February 25th, 2022”
New Artist Book: Kudzu – The Vine that Ate the South
I never heard of it before, which is odd since it was first introduced a the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Now, it is all around me. Every area has its own invasive species and I knew the ones in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US. But until I saw Kudzu – a highly invasiveContinue reading “New Artist Book: Kudzu – The Vine that Ate the South”
What are the chances?
Lately, I have sharing my modest knowledge as an amateur botanist with artists from the Plastic Club in a series called “on plants” which takes place via Zoom off and on. Carla Stine, one of the participants who creates beautiful botanical illustrations, had a strange looking object that fit in the palm of her handContinue reading “What are the chances?”
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