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treeskin ([personal profile] treeskin) wrote2004-02-02 03:30 pm

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By request from [livejournal.com profile] ladymurmur, here are a


strawberry leaf print on typing paper


sage leaf print, on flecked beige paper


assorted leaves and vines, printed onto same paper as above


sage leaves printed onto my handmade paper from years and years ago, overwritten with the following paragraph in copper gel pen:
"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life whenhe plants shade trees under which he knows full well he'll never sit." -- Elton Trueblood


sage leaves printed on handmade paper, overwritten with the following quote from Dr. Seuss:
"I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."

The ragged edges on the two cards above were the (very rough) deckle edges of the paper. It was my first attempt at making paper from recycled office-paper.


pen and colored pencil sketch of the bonsai tree I bought in December


based on Persian cloud scrolls, from 16th & 17th cent ceramics; colored pencil and pen


more cloud scrolls, also pen and colored pencil


this is actually part of a triptych (the design covers three cards), also based on painting on 17th cent Turkish ceramics, a very styllized cypress leaf form; acrylic paint


tulip forms, based on the design around a plate, Ottoman Turk; pen and colored pencil


based on same plate as above; pen and colored pencil (I've taken some liberties with color selection)"