More on
#natureprinting :
"Nature Self-Prints as a Methodical Instrument in the History of Botany" by Armin Geus.
https://www.torrossa.com/en/resources/an/2501371Nature Self-Prints as a Methodical Instrument in the History of Botany - Geus, Armin - L.S. Olschki - Torrossa
Purchase online the PDF of Nature Self-Prints as a Methodical Instrument in the History of Botany, Geus, Armin - L.S. Olschki - Chapter
In the 19th century, Alois Auer modernized the traditional
#natureprinting process by using newly developed electrotyping (also galvanotyping) for his prints, to gloriously delicate results.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Auerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrotyping https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alois_AuerFor more striking examples, see this gorgeous 1758 "Botanica in originali" or "Herbarium vivum" !
(the plants were pressed under heavy rollers onto paper to leave an impression, some of the colour was added by hand.)
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/229847#page/1/mode/1up#natureprinting
v.1 (1758) - D. Io. Hieron. Kniphofii pathol. et prax. in Acad. Erfurt. prof. publ. ordin. facult. med. senior. et adsess. primar., Acad. Caesar. nat. curiosor adiuncti, et bibliothecarii Botanica in originali, seu, Herbarium vivum - Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Spore print (and slug) update
#printing #SciArt #mycology #woodland #mushroom #mushrooms #fungi #natureprinting #slugsMy kids and I enjoy making these little portraits of specific places/times. (And I don’t think it harms the overall fungus population in our yard!) 🍄
Fabienne Gallaire
Sarah Burke Cahalan
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