{"id":8786,"date":"2019-07-05T06:36:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=8786"},"modified":"2019-09-12T11:12:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T18:12:19","slug":"the-pastel-talisman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/the-pastel-talisman\/","title":{"rendered":"The pastel talisman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend suggested I create a white talisman book. She really liked the purity of the white papers with the white thread and white scraps, monochromatic, colorfree.<\/p>\n<p>I just couldn&#8217;t do it though. I&#8217;m helplessly drawn to getting colors from plants. Also, I realized I like the flatness and edge colorations from come from boiling bundled books! So I compromised and did not use any iron-vinegar potion, which has a darkening effect. I would get only the subtle colors from leaves and stems, boiled in nothing but water.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s the latest work in progress:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8783\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7276.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8783\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7276.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7276-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five book bundles (forgot to take before pictures!)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8784\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7277.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8784\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7277.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7277-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still wet after a half hour simmer and an overnight of resting in water<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8789\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7279-1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8789\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7279-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7279-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Closeup of some pages after drying, resting on the creamy white damask napkin that will become the cover. Clockwise from top: tansy, iris, blueberry.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The plants all came from the yard. Some notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blueberry, raspberry, strawberry, blackberry all print well. Sometimes with dots, which I love.<\/li>\n<li>Oxalis does not print any colors but made a pretty heart-shaped resist on one page.<\/li>\n<li>Tansy reliably gives a greenish yellow print.<\/li>\n<li>Sweetfern is probably my favorite dye plant. It grows rampantly here and gives a rich dark print, even without iron.<\/li>\n<li>Purple iris gave a lovely strong blue that spread subtly through several pages.<\/li>\n<li>Yarrow is inconsistent. I got a great print from it once and have been trying to recreate it ever since. This time all I got was subtle grays.<\/li>\n<li>I used some baby rhubarb leaves and stems. I think they yielded a light print, nothing impressive.<\/li>\n<li>Milkweed &#8211; a very faint green. Leaving it for any monarch caterpillars that come by.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend suggested I create a white talisman book. She really liked the purity of the white papers with the white thread and white scraps, monochromatic, colorfree. I just couldn&#8217;t do it though. 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