Hand Printing from Nature Create Unique Prints for Fabric, Paper, and Other Surfaces Using Natural and Found Materials

Decorative printing is one of the hottest trends in the design world today. Crafters can't get enough! In Hand Printing from Nature, readers will discover how to use found natural materials -- such as leaves, feathers, vegetables, fruit, shells, weeds, and wood -- to print on any surface, from paper and fabric to ceramics, wood, stone, and more. Simple step-by-step instructions coupled with beautiful photos make it easy and fun to learn the basic techniques. In no time at all, crafters of any experience level will be creating original nature prints on everything from furniture to stationery to jewelry. The book includes more than 50 exciting projects. Create delicate shower invitations featuring herbal prints -- or a huge room divider printed with huge, spiny zucchini leaves, tendrils, and flowers. Try making one-of-a-kind home dec items, such as curtains printed with scallop shells, flower pots printed with parsley and sage, a lampshade printed with tree bark, and a footstool printed with cinnamon sticks. Or make something to wear -- perhaps a scarf printed wiht a cross-sectioned apple -- that expresses your own personal style. Accessories include tote bags printed with peach stones and asparagus, picnic baskets printed with peppers and walnuts, a fan printed with celery, and much more. There's something here for every inventive crafter. Hand Printing from Nature has the information and inspiration you need to take decorative printing to a whole new level.

Introduction
Acknowledgements
1 Direct Impressions of Life
2 Collecting Natural Objects
3 Pigments & Supplies
4 Printing Methods
5 Print Projects with Single & Repeated Motifs
6 Creating Hand-Printed Patterns
7 Printing Scenes & Flowers
Resources
Index