By gathering leaves, I started to play around with what I could do with them. Thinking back to the primary drawings I had done and the simple lines of some, I wanted to see if I could get similar results by print pressing some different, more textual leaves.
As I was pressing some of the leaves, natural colourings and textual shapes also transferred onto the paper I was printing on, and I really like the outcome of these.
I think that the textures that were transferred really made these 2D print come to life more than I thought. It made the prints more physical to touch in a sense.
I think that there is potential to develop pressing leaves into or onto other materials and backgrounds. I think that some of the outcomes that I’ll get could possibly play a big part into my development for a final idea piece of work.
Courtney Blair Art 