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SUMMARY:Plant Planet: Two Views of Nature Printing
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton
DESCRIPTION:Plant Planet: Two Views of Nature Printing\n\nby Laura Bethman
 n and Lisa Madson\n\nOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026\n\nOpening R
 eception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pm\n\nLaura Bethmann in the Siegal G
 allery & Lisa Madson in the Lower Level Gallery\n\nArtist statement:\n\nN
 ature Printing: Natural objects\, printed by hand\, are direct impression
 s of life.\n\nThe forms\, patterns and textures of leaves\, flowers\, roo
 ts\, fruits\, tree bark\, seeds\, vegetables\, and a host of natural obje
 cts produce phenomenally expressive\, life-sized artwork. The spontaneity
 \, immediacy\, and organic qualities of even the simplest nature print de
 pict true visual characteristics of the natural world.\n\nAn Ancient Prac
 tice\n\nLeonardo da Vinci described this process on folio 72 verso of his
  ‘Codice Atlantico’ including a nature printed sage leaf. Benjamin Frankl
 in devised a secret nature printing process when printing colonial curren
 cy in Philadelphia. Nature printing is a little-known technique today\, b
 ut it holds a fascinating and worldwide history. This practice served as 
 art and craft\, and as a science for the study and identification of plan
 ts. Although it has been traced back thousands of years\, its origins hav
 e never been discovered.\n\nTwo Views: Lisa Madson and Laura Bethmann\n\n
 Lisa lives and works in northern New Jersey. Laura lives and works in sou
 thern New Jersey. The highlands and mountainous regions versus the Pine B
 arrens and flat\, rich farmlands. Both of these regions are catalysts for
  creative innovation\, as these artists make vivid associations with thei
 r surroundings and explore a kinship with the natural world.\n\nTwo Views
 : Nature Printing\n\nLisa presents artworks that portray a moment in time
  with insight into our connections to the environment. She translates the
  beauty of nature through a steam dyeing process where the natural pigmen
 ts and patterns of plants project their images onto paper or canvas. Lisa
  invites nature’s outdoor elements to play a role in determining the fina
 l result\, such as floating a printed canvas on the river for pattern\, o
 r aging it through the winter in ice and snow. Other media include inks\,
  embroidery\, cyanotype\, silkscreen and encaustic.\n\nLaura is influence
 d by the fantastic structures\, delicacy\, and mystery of botanical life.
  She has continued to be excited by adventures in the experimental proces
 s of nature printing for over 40 years. Her process is direct printing. B
 otanicals\, carefully inked or painted\, are printed by hand onto papers\
 , fabrics\, and a variety of other surfaces. Her nature printing media in
 clude relief ink\, watercolor\, and acrylic. Laura’s botanically-inspired
  watercolor paintings include ink nature printing\, color pencil and coll
 age.\n\nMore info: https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/plant-planet-
 two-views-of-nature-printing/
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