I took this photo of the emerging leaves on our young bur oak tree about a month ago.
This photo taken today. The crazy little tree is setting acorns. My husband planted this tree from an acorn. A big bur oak acorn that looks like it's wearing a knit cap. The acorn came from a favorite tree located in a favorite park in our town. The parent tree is very big and very old. So anyway, he lives on. I think our tree is about 4 years old - 5 at the most. This year this little tree of ours is about 6ft tall and growing fast. So his leaves are my next ones for this leaf project. I haven't forgotten about it!
We had sewing circle again yesterday afternoon and mostly we painted with leaves. I learned a lot from my ceramicist, writer, biologist friends about fabric painting. So glad to have creative company.
So I painted/printed two bur oak leaves from our little tree this afternoon.
Two different leaves from one tree. The leaves nearer the bottom of the tree have the connected top segment. Pretty cool.
So happy to be back in green.
This looks like so much fun.
ReplyDeleteI could play with the paint every day. SO much fun.
DeleteLooks like fun! I'm going to see if my friend in VA Beach (who I'll be visiting this month) wants to combine some nature printing with stitching. Isn't it great to sometimes have company while exploring? Thanks for sharing your "play dates".
ReplyDeleteIt is very nice to have company. I like the way the ideas bounce around. Everyone sees things a little bit differently and it's nice to see what happens in all that.
DeleteI have a couple of young red oaks, (they were supposed to be white oaks but tag was incorrect ) not heard of the bur oak, nor did I realize what a large family oaks are. So much to love and learn about leaves ! which is not the least of what I am enjoying about this' leaf along,'
ReplyDeleteAnd I am liking the nice relaxed pace of leaf work here and there as rest of life continues.happy june to you .
Our little bur oak is setting acorns now. I can't keep up with all that is happening in the garden. Hope to get back to some leaves soon.
Deletehave not commented on your leaf project before, or at least I don't think I have, but I do want to make a leaf (or two) for you, just haven't gotten round to it....this post has definitely given me more inspiration
ReplyDeleteHi Saskia! Will be fun to have you along. I haven't worked on the leaves in awhile but am anxious to get back to it.
Deleteare you painting with watercolor or dyes?
ReplyDeleteJeannie, sorry for the delay in reply. I use Setacolor Transparent Fabric paints for methods above and the sun printing. I purchase them through Dharma Trading Company.
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