Eco Printing on Paper : Boiled Book Pages : from Beltane to Summer Solstice

[@rhiannonjeans5726]

Beautiful craft and beautiful music. Thank you Julie x

[@juliegibbons]

Good to see you Rhiannon - thanks for watching! 💛

[@sharrylocke4502]

❤️

[@jaleanbehal9922]

Thank you this is wonderful ..... loved watching you create with nature .... very grounding ✨✨✨🙏❤️ the love of nature

[@juliegibbons]

Ah, glad you enjoyed, Jalean 🌺

[@lynntalmon]

The art examples are inspiring and the video itself is a good nature meditation. Thanks!

[@juliegibbons]

Thanks Lynn - good to know you found it meditative 🌼

[@fabiennetosi6121]

So beautiful, thank you Julie for this video and music, I feel like trying when I have enough material.

[@juliegibbons]

Hi Fabienne! Can definitely recommend 🌻

[@MartinGibbons]

Was chuffed to play a small part in this video.

[@juliegibbons]

More music for my vids, please :)

[@cancer7773]

Thanks so much for sharing this with us..I'm so glad to have been able to catch it . Forgive me for confusing which batch was which but are the prints that came out with the more grey/blue tones the ones you pre=sprayed the pages with 50/50 vinegar water solution ? The page on the left at the 12:37 mark looks like a horse's head I love it... & I agree was meditative with the music as well very well done. Does Martin have a page/playlist of his music or is it just a personal hobby enjoyment?

[@juliegibbons]

No probs, Kristi - glad you enjoyed :) The grey/blue tones occurred in the batch with the vinegar/water solution sprayed on the pages, yes. Also - the plant life was immersed in a water/alum bath. I understand it's best to let the water/vinegar dry before inserting the plant life, but I was a wee bit impatient. I think the overall result would be better if I was a wee bit more patient! p.s. Martin's music is a personal project - you can see more of this wee batch of Scottish work created during lockdown here: kzbin.info/aero/PLTAkLKfQZ8COfx2a7lFxH_o67R9FQi1jx Enjoy!

[@robincyr2363]

Hi Julie, I am part of your Alignment 2022 class and found this video on your website. Please would you share the “recipe” for what you soaked the flowers in before loading them into the Moleskine bound book? And then, what was in the bath you lowered the book into? It looks like a beautiful process and when things finally start to bloom here I will have access to beautiful wildflowers. I very much want to try this. I’m unclear on what you do with the book once you take it out of the bath. Does it just take days and days to dry? And at what point do the flowers get removed from in between the pages? I can go rewatch the video… I think I must’ve missed something really important. Beautiful work! Thanks!

[@juliegibbons]

Hi Robin - good to see you here. There's an invite to use this technique in the Midsummer module for Alignment :) The 'recipes' I used are listed in the show notes underneath the video. The book listed in the notes has all the info I used! You remove the flowers after boiling the pages. It took a good few days for my Moleskine to dry out. It really is a wonderful process - please do try it out and enjoy xo

[@suzannehewett2688]

what are the different papers you used and which papers turned out best

[@juliegibbons]

Hi Suzanne - Khadi cotton papers - both loose and bound and a Moleskine watercolour journal. Loved both 💙🌀

[@patticampbell6057]

What do you bind the paper between that keep them so nice and flat?

[@juliegibbons]

Hi Patti - I used some aluminium tiles. You could use ceramic tiles or wood.... When the papers were dry, I piled a load of heavy books on top for a few days and I also ironed the pages afterwards to help them flatten out even more :)

[@patticampbell6057]

@@juliegibbons thank you for your help