Leaf Mono Prints

For the past couple of days I have been doing mono prints of leaves.

I used the original leaves from the memorial tree, rolling some safewash dark green ink on a sheet of glass. I mixed this colour myself using 1 part blue to 6 parts yellow.

After rolling the ink thinly onto the glass, I ensured that the ink was spread evenly by rolling over it repeatedly. I then used the roller to ink up the original leaf. Then I prepared the paper and 'sandwiched' the leaf. I then stepped on it to create the print.

Quite a long process but the result is lovely :)