Journal archive
August 12, 2011
Another try at manipulating leaves, this time with monstera leaves and a differeent technique for the equisetum. The monstera leaves I cut into “squares” to try to give them a different look and feel, the equisetum was curled at one end to given them an interesting look (almost like fern curls). Manipulating leaves is getting […]
Read story →August 9, 2011
Again I was drawn into manipulating the equisetum, I had vowed to move onto something else this week but the enticement was still there. I tried a different technique of making a “fence” of five stems of tall equisetum, something that I had not tried before. It wasn’t hard to do, but still took a […]
Read story →August 5, 2011
My last day with the manipulation of equisetum, and I am ready to move on to something else. It feels much like I am phoning it in today, and that is a terrible feeling. This isn’t an easy project, and I knew that going into it. I’m doing for a reason, and that reason is […]
Read story →August 4, 2011
Continuing my theme from yesterday, a further exploration of manipulating equisetum. This was done later in the day, and started out way too complicated with too many elements. After working on it for a while I decided that “less is more”.
Read story →August 3, 2011
Finally we get some much needed rain in Washington,DC. Our garden is happy today and so am I. The heat and dry conditions have make blooming material scarce in the garden and August still has many days left. One thing I wanted to experiment with was leaf manipulation with the equisetum(horsetail reed) growing here. It […]
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