It all started with my friend C. asking me if she might able to eco dye her notes from her classes that she prints out from the computer.
I said I didn't know, but would give it a try.
Turns out she asked a really great question.
I tried a few and found out it works pretty well, which is amazing since the papers get simmered for two hours in a pot of water! The printed words DID get a bit eroded on some of the papers, so I had an idea. I placed a piece of paper over the printing thinking it might protect it a bit.
Turns out that it does. But it also created a lovely frame for the words.
And, because we are dealing with a stack of papers, this technique produces a 'shadow' page with a blank frame!
Be still my heart!
With much trepidation, I ran one of these pages through the printer, actually it was the first one you saw, and it printed pretty well. But left a few unwanted ink marks because of the irregularity of the paper running through a picky machine. But it was an acceptable result. I may need to work on that part. More experimenting!
Anyway, here are a few more results from my latest batch:
It's images like these that keep me going. Especially now that the flowers and plants are staring down the first frost which is coming. I feel the urgency of it.
Time to go foraging!
