This is where I used those laminated (layered) pieces I made, with the daylily dried stems enclosed in them. I have one extra piece, which I showed the other way up so you can see the copper exterior.
the six pages are made from daylily flowers, not foliage. That's why they're more of a golden color than the bronzy green you get with foliage.
Inside the covers is metallic gold paint, outside is copper. Stitched with a gold thread. And called, oddly enough, Daylily.
Posed here with the plants I got the raw materials from.
This is the second growth of the daylilies, since all the first growth went into paper, and the flowers and stems likewise.
This is a kind of thank you to the daylilies as well as a demo to you of what went into making this book.
Helping a neighbor groom a houseplant today, and the big leaves we cut off came home with me to make paper eventually, once they dry. Art sources never end.
I love this book. Especially having been privy from conception. Thankyou
ReplyDeleteThank you! so nice to know it's being followed and enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a treat to follow one of these things from plant to plan to final pages... and yes, fun to watch where you take us on this. It's truly a journey, and exploration. And thank you, Liz.
ReplyDeleteThis book is so lovely! Gorgeous colours.
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