#copper beech

Looking Good, Mr. Fell: 44

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a copper beech surrounded by cow parsley

copper beech

Plant of the Day

Saturday 23 December 2023

At Gordon Castle, Scotland, these pillars of Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea Group (copper beech, purple beech) add height and structure to the 100m long central borders. The designer Arne Maynard surrounded the topiary tree pillars with herbaceous plants in a soft colour palette with flowers and foliage of blue, purple and white with touches of yellow and apricot.

Join me on a foraging trip in the beautiful city of Prague to search for natural color found in tree nuts & leaves to make a warm neutral palette of organic inks. Wander the city of 100 spires as I collect acorns, cones of spruce & pine, linden tree nuts and copper beech leaves. After exploring the sites, this tutorial will show you how to make 6 different natural inks to capture the unique November colors of Prague and the resulting color swatches on paper.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Introduction - The inks of Prague

1:20 Packing my art supplies

3:51 Prague here we come!

4:16 Exploring Prague for natural color

7:01 How to make acorn ink

10:08 Five more inks

11:34 Ink color samples on paper

12:06 Wrap up

13:57 Sneak peek of next tutorial

14:34 Blooper

SUPPLY LIST

Acorns, linden seeds, copper beech leaves, spruce & pine cones

Pot with lid

Bowl

Measuring cup

Measuring spoon

Strainer

Spoon

Glass jars

Funnel

Coffee filters or cheesecloth

Dropper bottles

Gum arabic

Whole cloves

Iron water/Iron powder

Gloves