New fiber results 🌿👀, plus pulp painting layers

I’ve been experimenting with Canada rush fiber, which ended up with paper pulp that looks:

fibrous
glorious
green in a good way
long
bendy
and SO plant-y.

Here's a small sample sheet:

sample sheet of 100% Canada rush 😎

And here's first layer of a pulp painting using said Canada rush paper pulp (a pulp painting is a painting made of all paper, with no ink or paint involved).

Drawing with water for my pulp painting's top layer of river plant pulp

I kinda just let the Canada rush fibers be their lovely, authentic, natural selves.

WATER is also alive, and I let the force of it push the fibers along. I love 'drawing' with water—it's one of my favorite ways to make a pulp painting.

Then, layers.

I keep filling in with more layers, layers, and layers of colored pulp—playing with color shifts and gradients.

layers of pulp, using pigmented flax and canada rush

What's the pulp being poured into?

The pulp painting is being formed in something called a 'deckle box,' basically a box with a screen where the paper pulp settles.

This is a custom deckle box built by my handsome mustached partner. It's made of a light-weight wood, and the whole thing comes apart and rolls up neatly so that I can bring it wherever—even hiking or kayaking.

So happy to be doing my new pulp paintings with a snazzy new tool 🎉🕺.

See the finished pulp painting artworks here >>>