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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Muscari botryoides - Grape Hyacinth Silkscreen Print

Muscari botryoides
This past winter while perusing past issues of Victoria Magazine I found a photo of potted Grape Hyacinths. This inspired me to gather other images of Grape Hyacinths I have filed and create a sketch for a silkscreen project. A month or so later I came across an old Cornell University Extension Bulletin #1190, Sequence of Bloom of Perennials, Biennials and Bulbs. The charts would make a perfect back drop for this print! I selected the page that listed Muscari botryoides and had it photocopied onto a transparency sheet. During the silkscreen class at Creative Arts Workshop, I used the photo emulsion method to burn the chart onto the screen. I printed enough of these backgrounds to create a series of three prints.Next I used a combination of photo emulsion and the block out method to create the Grape Hyacinths. I plan to create two additional drawings of plants from this chart and make silkscreen prints of them.



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This print is available for sale, double matted in a 16"x20" bamboo frame. Please send me an email if you are interested.

1 comment:

  1. agh! old issues of victoria!!! i wish i never got rid of my collection. love the silkscreen print.

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