Plant and Ink - Judith Rosema

Plant and Ink

Make Your Own Plant-Based Ink

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2025
Search Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80092-310-2 (ISBN)
19,90 inkl. MwSt
Create a rainbow of vibrant, natural inks from the plants and flowers around you.



Plant-based inks are richer in colour than synthetic inks, producing a wide range of tones and unique, stunning visual results; extracting and storing these inks ready for use is made simple in this beginner-friendly book. The 27 seasonal plant ‘recipes’, which yield 49 colours of ink, are ordered seasonally, to accompany you through the creative year.



Discover:





Warm yellows from daffodils in spring;
Rich reds, pinks and indigo from poppies in summer;
Light blue and mint green from sage in autumn;
Warm orangey-browns from hazel in winter.


Each recipe contains a guide to the plant used, the lightfastness of the ink created, written step-by-step instructions for extracting the ink, and beautiful visuals to illustrate the colours available; handy tips are also included for working with plant-based ink.



For artists who like to work with different mediums, the book also includes guides to creating pigments from your plant recipes, then using different binders to create oil paint, egg tempera, watercolour, gouache, chalk pastel and screen-printing ink.



Plant and Ink is an invitation to embrace sustainability, to see the world around us in vibrant colour and to create with love and attention. Whether you’re an experienced artist or a curious beginner, this book will open your eyes to the creative possibilities that nature has to offer.

Judith Rosema is a botanical artist, illustrator, multi-disciplinary creative and sustainable entrepreneur. She trained at an art academy in the Netherlands, where she specialized in graphics (lithos, lino prints, wood prints and etches). Afterwards she started her career as an artist and has exhibited her work in the Netherlands and Belgium. In 2009, concerned by the suffering inflicted on the planet, Judith decided she no longer wanted to work with materials that harm our world, so began to experiment with plants and flowers found by roadsides, exploring their dyeing properties. In 2017 she founded Het lnkt Atelier (The Ink Atelier), a sustainable company which focuses on the production of botanical inks, and organizes workshops, courses and group trips. Judith lives in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Visit her website at www.hetinktatelier.com

Preface: My love for ink and nature

Introduction: The history of paper and ink

Discovering nature

What is ink?

Handy to keep in the house

Bottling ink

The basis of plant-based inks

Three golden rules for working with plant-based inks



DYE PLANTS / TUTORIALS

Madder,Woad, Weld



INK / TUTORIALS

Spring - Bracken, Cow parsley, Gallnuts, Daffodil, Tulip, Black hollyhock

Summer - Tansy, Dahlia, Goldenrod, Hibiscus, Poppy, Elder

Autumn - Birch, Privet, Horse chestnut, Saffron crocus, Sage, Walnut

Winter - Grapevine, Alder, Hazel, Holly, Red cabbage, Rose



My journey to plant-based printing



PAINT, CHALK AND PRINTING INK / TUTORIALS

Pigment

Lake pigment

Oil paint

Damar varnish

Oil colours

Egg tempera

Watercolour paint and gouache

Chalk pastels

Screen-printing ink



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Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.4.2025
Zusatzinfo 384 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort Tunbridge Wells
Sprache englisch
Maße 190 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Kunst / Musik / Theater Malerei / Plastik
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Kreatives Gestalten
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Malen / Zeichnen
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Technik
ISBN-10 1-80092-310-4 / 1800923104
ISBN-13 978-1-80092-310-2 / 9781800923102
Zustand Neuware
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