Natural pigments made from plants and minerals in hand-made watercolours.

• A1 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy

Natural pigments made from plants and minerals in hand-made watercolours.

• A1 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy

There is a small Australian opal stone in the centre.

all genuine ingredients:

Feature (rare + precious): Australian ocean Ambergris, Lightening Ridge Opal, 4-leaf clover

Plant: madder root, lemon myrtle oil, rose water, passionfruit, tulip, elderberry, sweetpea, jacaranda, jasmine, moss, fern, peony, brewed vanilla, acacia tree resin

Stone: Australian and Italian ochres, bronze pyrite, 4 x vivianite, lapis lazuli, jasper, manganese

Historic pigments: verditer, verdigirs, veridian, stil de grain, indigo, vermillion, turmeric, iris green

Metals - copper, alluminium, zinc

 

Original ink design completed using the dip-pen method

• A1 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy

‘Indigo & Gold: Blue of a Thousand Nights’

All natural paint prepared in the studio

Including traditionally made natural Indigo. Also Rosemary, Acacia tree resin, Australian 24 karat gold-leaf, Dutch gold leaf (copper, aluminium, zinc).

Original ink design completed using the dip-pen method

• A1 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy

Natural paints including poppyseed oil.

hand applied finely beaten metals including Australian 24 karat gold-leaf and various Dutch gold leaf (copper, aluminium, zinc). Original ink design completed using the dip-pen method.

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Natural paint preparation: Baltic Amber, natural earth pigments from Portugal, Italy and Australia, Lapis Lazuli, fig leaf, chrysanthemum & carnation petals, Australian ferns, jasmine, vanilla pods and acacia tree resin. Hand applied finely beaten metals including Australian 24 karat gold-leaf and various Dutch gold leaf (copper, aluminium, zinc). Original ink design completed using the dip-pen method.

• A2 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy

Created using the artisan technique of hand applying finely beaten metals including Australian 24 karat gold-leaf and various Dutch gold leaf (copper, aluminium, zinc). Original ink design completed using the dip-pen method.

The centre flower motif represents a single day, in which so much can happen, and there are also 365 small flowers representing a year in which big dreams are achieved, mirroring the micro and macro nature of a lived experience. 

• A1 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy

Hand painted protea wreath in-filled using the artisan technique of hand applying finely beaten metals including Australian 24 karat gold-leaf and various Dutch gold leaf (copper, aluminium, zinc).

• A1 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy

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Rose Quartz cabochons in the centre of each flower Genuine earth pigments, finely ground stone from Australia and Europe, the root of rose madder plant (historically found in early paintings and fabrics) acacia tree resin and finely beaten metals including Australian 24 karat gold-leaf and various Dutch gold leaf (copper, aluminium, zinc)

• A1 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy

Baltic Amber, natural earth pigments from Portugal, Italy and Australia, Lapis Lazuli, fig leaf, chrysanthemum, Australian ferns, jasmine, vanilla pods and acacia tree resin. Hand applied finely beaten metals including Australian 24 karat gold-leaf and various Dutch gold leaf (copper, aluminium, zinc). Original ink design completed using the dip-pen method.

• A1 | Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy