Creating a Holograph

Things have been very busy in the garden so while I have managed to get a bit of time in the studio I have been a bit lax at writing up the blog. My apologies.

I just finished Wen Redmonds’’ signature course with Fibre Art Take 2 and what an adventure that was. I decide to try this holograph on a magnolia leaf that I have crotched round and cut out the centre. The course centres on the use of various digital grounds that allow printing on all sorts of substrates. In this case I printed the image of a lock on an old door with peeling paint using silk organza as my first substrate.

The exact image is then printed onto interfacing and aligned with the first print but with a packer between them. It is a bit difficult to see in the photo but as you look from right to left the holographic image appears on the underside so that it almost seems 3 D. I have some other ideas using some photos I have taken of coastal caves with various exposures that I am keen to continue this experiment with.

I decide to use the leaf as the base just for something a bit different. I have crocheted and stitched on leaves previously and this is just and extension of that techniique