Greenhouse a winter sanctuary

Yesterday I joined several other members of the Haverhill Art Association at Nunan’s Florist and greenhouse for a botanical inspired day of printing.

Nunans greenhouse georgetown haverhill art paint in

Each Sunday in January the artists gather in the greenhouse and paint, draw, print and make clay work. The series culminates with a final exhibit and opening to the public on Sunday, January 28th from 12 to 3.

textured pot printmaking inspiration

metal bench design to inspire printmaking ideas

I started by walking around looking for shapes and textures. Then I took some photos.

found leaves and ferns for gelatin printmaking

I decided to hunt for a few leaves or ferns on the floor and to make some single color cards.

linda germain gelatin printmaking in the greenhouse in winter

I had a wonderful, warm, winter afternoon in the greenhouse pulling gelatin prints.

botanical cards - gelatin printmaking

I was lucky to find a few fairly flat ferns and leaves and produce some lovely detailed impression with the gelatin plate.

sketches and gelatin prints in the greenhouse

Towards the end of the day I cut a tavel stencil based on a sketch that I did of some leaves and pulled a couple of two color prints on old book pages.

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