Please note: this event will be held in person at Glasgow Zine Library.

Jessica Crisp will lead a short foraging walk around the immediate surroundings of the Glasgow Zine Library, looking at examples of commonly found dye plants, discussing their properties and the colours they can give us.

Back at the Library space we will experiment with Monotype using repurposed Riso printing ink. This process has the benefit of being very simple, portable, without the need for specialist equipment, using leftover biodegradable rice bran oil Riso ink.

We will then fold our prints, using a simple 8 page Zine fold and take them into the Eco Print process. We will soak the zines in an iron rich solution made from rusty nails before layering the pages with overlapping petals and leaves collected on our walk, press them tightly together and steam the bundles in a tea urn. During the steaming process the iron and the tannins in the plant material will react to leave beautifully intricate impressions on the paper.

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