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Create your own vibrant and sustainable botanical prints with 20 flower-pounding projects. Suitable for crafters of all levels. You can make beautiful, colorful and surprisingly delicate prints by hammering the pigment from flowers and leaves with a mallet - a process known as ''flower-pounding''. These photographic step-by-step projects - ranging from indigo-leaf table runners to cosmos socks and viola tote bags - show you how to get the best results. Not only can you find out how to grow the most suitable blooms in your garden and to forage wildflowers in the great outdoors, but you can discover which plants are best for dyeing; how to scour and mordant your fabric, paper or wood for accurate, long-lasting color; and which hammers, mallets and techniques work best on particular plants and base materials. By the end, you will be able to take any of your favorite flowers, petals and leaves and turn them into sustainable printed textiles, greeting cards, and artwork that can be cherished for years to come.
List of contents
INTRODUCTIONPART ONE: GETTING STARTEDSourcing the best botanicals for printing
Tools and materials
Preparation and hammering
Scouring, mordanting, and using modifiers
Washing and aftercare
PART TWO: THE PROJECTSProjects on fabricTreasure pouches - Garment patches - Hand-torn ribbons - Cosmos garden socks - Black hollyhock butterfly bandanna - Summer striped linen blouse - Velvet flower scarf - Japanese indigo table runner - Tomato tea towel
Projects on paper and woodFlowery gift tags - Botanical bookmarks - Bouquet greeting card - Decoupage flower journal - Wildflower wooden coasters
Inspirational piecesViola and pansy tote bag - Vintage boho dress - Floral fabric - Wildflower garden apron - Vintage table runner
Finishing touchesStencils - Resists - Artwork - Digitizing your work - Embroidery - Paper punches
Practice pagesHand holding flowers - Peace wreath - On the windowsill
GLOSSARYRESOURCES
About the author
Michelle Moore is an American artist and surface designer, born and raised in the beauty of the Hudson Valley region of New York State. Having grown up in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, Michelle has always had an inherent love for the great outdoors. Her work is a direct reflection of her curiosity, child-like sense of play, and pure imagination.
Michelle’s work is focused on creating eco-friendly projects through the use of homegrown and locally foraged plant material.
Michelle is a graduate of the Textile & Surface Design program at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She also is a graduate of the Fine Art program at a State University of New York where she teaches art and design.
