Artwork Collection

Distilling Nature

I explore making inks from foraged materials to be used in my printmaking practice. The process of foraging is an eco-friendly and sustainable practice that also creates time for me to connect with nature, a type of meditation that helps with my mental illness. Collecting natural ingredients and turning them into usable materials becomes just as important to me as the end result which is a series of prints and zines with all the information I have gathered over the course of this project.

Colour Chart

Print

Colour Chart

11" x 8.5" screenprint. A visual representation of the inks made while working on my these and how they interact with each other.

Beet

Print

Beet

4"x6" a two-layer screenprint made with beet ink and vine charcoal ink.

Buckthorn

Print

Buckthorn

4"x6" a two-layer screenprint made with buckthorn ink and vine charcoal ink.

Black Walnut

Print

Black Walnut

4"x6" a two-layer screenprint made with black walnut ink and vine charcoal ink.

Distilling Nature Vol. 1

Publication

Distilling Nature Vol. 1

Some screenshots of the first volume in a collection of zines based on my thesis work. This zine is the culmination of my thesis work titled “Distilling Nature”. In it, I explore making inks from foraged materials to be used in my printmaking... More

Goldenrod

Print

Goldenrod

4"x6" a two-layer screenprint made with goldenrod ink and vine charcoal ink.

Ink Swatches

Photography

Ink Swatches

An image of the various ink test swatches created over the course of my thesis.

Work by

Paige McBurney

Printmaker/Inkmaker