A selection of decorated papers

A selection of pencil drawings of images collected - used these images and textures alongside research images as sources of inspiration for the decorated papers

Leaves of a bog plant
Leaves of a bog plant

Sphagnum moss

Twite - peat conservation provides a unique habitat for rare and special wildlife and is important to prevent the extinction of this bird

Ripples and bubbles of stream water off peat bog

Heather, grasses and mosses

Bare areas of peat bog - Black Hill

Peat erosion - Kinder Scout - like crumpled rippled lumps

Eroding peat bog - heathers, soil and roots - dry and cracked

Criss-crossing of roots in peat bog

Tissue - markal over canvass - brusho sponged on - picked up some browny/orangy colour which looks good - old and decayed

Undersheet of tissue - rubbed markal over sequin waste - shows good and bare crumbling areas

Tissue scrunched - dabbed on paint - unravelled - shows good and crumbling textures

PVA applied from bottle - to reflect roots - brusho - cooper markal over vase - good textured
dirt effect with a lovely pattern from the roots

The above 2 papers are rough paper pulp - wettened with acrylic paint blobbed on and left to run markal over top - rubbed in with finger - created rough texture of peat landscape

Scrunched tissue applied with PVA - brusho - 2 colours of markal to create old roots effect

Strips of coloured scrunched tissue - applied with PVA - blue markal rubbed over in both directions - created loose firm textures and layers like protective paving and worn edges

Texture gel and byzantia paint - applied with knife - looks like rushing shimmery running water

Texture gel and byzantia paint - applied with end of paint brush - coloured with gouache - erosion - things blowing away being destroyed

Texture gel and byzantia - applied with end of paint brush - coloured with gouache - erosion things being destoyed and blown away

Scrunched tissue - applied with PVA - different colours of brusho dropped on when wet - silver ink rubbed on with finger

Brusho coloured paper - gel medium and byzantia paint - used end of whisk to apply - coloured with watered down gouache - running rushing shimmery stream water off peat bog

As above

Markal over corrugated card - coloured with brusho - like mossy textures and bubbles in water

As above

Under sheet to tissue paper - when dry brushed over with brusho - printed on Twite bird images using byzantia - I love the randomness and beautiful textures in this paper

Crumbpled greaseproof strips - applied with PVA
to have good smooth areas and rough areas like the top of a peat bog - applied bleach with straw on smooth areas to reflect moss - painted a thin layer of byzantia over all of the paper which brought it together

Placed rectangles of making tape on paper to reflect paving stones - applied brusho - removed masking - randomly applied clear wax candle on some of the stones - applied brusho - looks like random areas of protective paving - some areas have deteriorated - other paths are clear

Undersheet from tissue - also brushed on left over paint - printed on image of sphagnum moss using byzantia

Brusho - bleached out images of Twite bird - applied byzantia with end of straw - rubbed on with finger - created a lovely network of mixed up roots and plantation without which the twite bird will disappear

Brusho - bleached out images of birds - blew paint with straw - washed over with gouache

Markal over corrugated card to create roots - brusho - bleach drawn on with straw to reflect shapes of bog plants

Rubbed markal over washing bag to reflect roots - applied brusho - using end of straw applied bleach to create roots and heads of bog plants

Wavey areas of markal over canvas - to reflect netted areas of peat bog - applied brusho - in between netted areas applied bleach using end of straw to reflect roots and bog plants coming away

Brusho - printed on sphagnum moss using byzantia

Markal over canvas to reflect netted area of peat bogs - applied brusho - then bleach using end of straw to reflect eroding roots and heads of bog plants