I was having a very bad day the other day, we don't need to go into the reason but I was a mixture of massively furious and deeply sad. Do you know those days? On those kind of days I get into bed and my jaw aches from the tension.
I've been working on a commission for Dulwich picture Gallery (not the cause of any anger or sadness), I had an hour in the studio and I needed to do some leaf printing.
Leaf Printing, imagine; such an enjoyably childish thing to have on ones to-do list, and yet I was managing to feel stressed about it. Ridiculous.
I used a kids rubber roller and some waterbased Lino printing ink. It was incredibly easy and, I have to tell you . . . the most satisfying thing I have ever done.
All my anxiety melted away.
I was putting the sprigs between two sheets of paper and then adding an extra on top and using the roller to squash them down
Which meant I also got these fun extra prints. It was just so dreamy
All my anger melted away instantly, it was perfect.
10/10 would recommend.
It feels wonderful to have taken some of my large textile pieces out of retirement to hang up in Bronwyn's therapy room.
Patterns really calm my mind so I felt like this it feels nice to think of them there.