botanical print seaweed nr 1 on linen handprint
Unique piece, natuaral drextiobn print with cutch pomgranade and iron water
160 x 120 table runner
botanical print seaweed nr 1 on linen handprint
Unique piece, natuaral drextiobn print with cutch pomgranade and iron water
160 x 120 table runner
botanical print seaweed nr 2 on linen handprint
Unique piece, natuaral drextiobn print with cutch pomgranade and iron water
.160 x 120 table runner
botanical print seaweed nr 2 on linen handprint
Unique piece, natuaral drextiobn print with cutch pomgranade and iron water
.160 x 120 table runner
botanical print seaweed nr 2 on linen handprint
Unique piece, natuaral drextiobn print with cutch pomgranade and iron water
.160 x 120 table runner
botanical print seaweed nr 2 on linen handprint
Unique piece, natuaral drextiobn print with cutch pomgranade and iron water
.160 x 120 table runner
Story of plantprints table cloth
In his research of natural printing techniques and botanical prints, wallpaper designer Workingbert, produced for Roots' Last Supper works on rag paper and linen with seaweeds as decoratief elements.
By using the linen of Wad van Waarde which is grown and harvested in Friesland and woven in the east of the country, a designed value chain is used. This truly natural process calls for a natural way of decorating. This form of contemporary decoration is at the heart of Workingbert'a resaech for the human desire of ornamentation.
We chose seaweed, obviously as it is widely spread on the Dutch coast and the Wadden area. Besides the geographical reason, Workingbert brings an ode to Anna Atkins, the female pioneer of cyanotyping seaweed for scientific purposes.
The botanical printing process he uses contains the reaction of Iron water and tannins which set colour when steamed together. Tannins from Pomegranate and Cuths are used here, giving purple greys and rusty browns in combination with rust water.
Table linen use in an ancient tradition and the folding of the cloth has many stories.
In this table linen the folds are clearly shown and used together with organic fans of the seaweed during the printing process. It results in an organised coincidental decoration. It is Workingbert's own mix of sibori and tie-dye techniques.
The prints on rag paper have the emphasis on the edges. It is the pressure on the pile of sheets that holds back or lets through the tannins while steaming in a big container. The edges are created where water finds its way into the paper, as if the tide comes in and the seaweeds leave their mark.
This way of printing with plants on natural and with natural materials, are a starting point of developing large circular, natural and sustainable wallpapers.