Empress Wu Designs with Wilma

Featuring eco prints by my grandson....  eucalypt leaves, grevillea leaves and Rooibos tea bags on watercolour paper. PostScript .... There was a request to explain how this was done. Watercolour paper folded over, leaves and tea bags placed inside the folded paper. The folded paper was then sandwiched between two pieces of ply board and clamped together with strong paper clip ( we call them 'bulldog' clips) and the whole sandwich was boiled in a pot of water  for about an hour. I learnt this technique from Elizabeth Bunsen who is the master artist of this technique- we have just been playing.

khadi paper, rooibos tea bags, permanent ink pen, card, tea bag tag.  This tag was created with the theme "Africa" in mind. The khadi(cotton)  paper has been dyed with rooibos tea bags. Many of you may already know about rooibos tea , but if you don't here is some information straight from Wikipedia....  Rooibos ( Anglicized pronunciation:   / ˈ r ɔɪ b ɒ s /   roy -bos ;  Afrikaans pronunciation:  [rɔːibɔs] ,) means "red bush";  is a  broom -like member of the  legume  family of plants growing in  South Africa 's  natural shrubland.  Its  scientific name  is   Aspalathus linearis .  The leaves are used to make an  herbal tea  called Rooibos, bush tea (esp. Southern Africa), or simply rooibos. The product has been popular in  Southern Africa  for generations and is now consumed in many countries.  I used a permanent ink pen to draw...