Tetra Pak Print making has commenced. I'm making three postcard sized Prints for the Small Wonders exhibition at Margate Caves. The theme I've set myself is migration. It's truly wondrous to me that small animals can travel so far annually to reach UK shores.
NOT TO BE TAKEN. My Cyanotype Print made by laying my little green Victorian poison bottle on paper coated in UV sensitive chemicals in the sun. You can just make out some of the 'Not to be Taken' writing in mirror image running down the middle of the bottle.
I spent 4 feverish days in the sunshine on a deep-dive into Cyanotype recently, and I've created a new body of work, which I'm calling Little Treasures. Here's the first in the series, which is made from placing a real-life Poppy freshly picked from my garden onto the paper coated with chemicals.
Imagine my delight when I washed the paper and this heavenly image developed before my eyes. The beautiful bronze tone in the centre of the paper was created by the water coming out of the fresh Iris. Nature, science, art and chance all in collaboration. haggytea.etsy.com
I love the aptly ghostly image created in this. I found this bottle years ago when digging out a Victorian dump with my Dad. The land was just about to have a B & Q built on it. When I pass it now I wonder what lost treasure was still under there when they poured the concrete and laid the tarmac.
An animation I've made to try to dazzle and lure people to my metal embossing workshop in Kent. No AI was used, but rather incredibly basic stop-motion (I'm sure that shows!). Anyway, do be lured. www.instagram.com/reel/DZPMxVt...
Cedric Morris (the great Iris Breeder and Painter) described them as flowers possessing "elegance, pride and delicacy." This Cyanotype print was made from laying a real-life fresh Bearded Iris from my garden on paper coated with UV sensitive chemicals for hours in the sunshine.
A long exposure to the sun means that you get these lovely petal details as the sun's rays gradually penetrate the petals. I love how the Cyanotype has perfectly captured the fragility of it.
Aren't Foxgloves marvellous? Deadly but beautiful. An invitation for Fairies (and of course Bees) to enter your garden.
(I haven't had much sleep due to the heat but I will stand by these statements even when I've had 8 hours of slumber)
A completely new creative workshop in celebration of Mid-Summer. Join me on Saturday 27 June among the hops and orchards of Brenley Farm, Faversham to make embossed foil decorations. Make hanging decorations, garlands or cards. All materials, Cake & Cordial included haggytea.com/workshops
