Description
Book SynopsisTransform foraged and found materials into vibrant, sustainable drawing media, from richly pigmented pastels and smoke-black charcoal to deep, lightfast inks.
?If you love culture, but know in your bones you are also part of nature, like me, you?ll want to make your art practice more ecologically sound and sustainable.? - Caroline RossThis stunning, practical book, sequel to the best-selling Found and Ground, contains both ancient and modern techniques for ?rewilding? your art practice. With hands-on advice and simple, step-by-step instruction, artist and author Caroline Ross shows you how to create beautiful, useful art supplies from wild and ancient materials ? whether those materials are foraged, natural, discarded or repurposed.
Inside the book you?ll discover:
? Advice on how to
forage safely and ethically, as well as tips on
scavenging in the urban environment and
rewilding your art practice gradually? Practical, step-by-step instructions for using lump media,
preparing pigments, and
creating hard and soft pastels? A complete guide to
creating charcoal, from assessing different wood types, refining your sticks and then a guide to burning
? A guide to
creating tannin, iron gall and botanical inks, plus instructions for
making your own quill pen and brush? Surfaces on which to work, from
found paper, leather and bark, to
making your own sewn sketchbook? A final section on more permanent and long-lasting materials, such as
metalpointExpansive, inclusive and ethically-aware, Caroline illustrates the book with her own inspirational artwork alongside that of other artistic contributors from different cultures and different parts of the world, with their own distinctive materials, approaches and uses of the same core techniques.
