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Suggested nature printing reading list |
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In response to the many requests for more information and resources on Nature Printing, the following is a short list of reference material published on the subject. Some of the titles may be out of print, but might be found in libraries and used book stores. The Art of Printing from Nature: A Guidebook by the Nature Printing Society The Nature Printing Society publication, The Art of Printing from Nature: A Guidebook 3rd Edition, is now in a limited addendum printing (more info). Creating Art from Nature: How to Handprint Botanicals, by John Doughty (NPS member) and Sonja Larsen (NPS member), self-published 2008, ISBN 978-0-615-18666-5. Purchase this book through their website www.natureprintingbook.com and mention NPS in the referral code box. A portion of your purchase will help fund the Nature Printing Society. The Printer's Catch: The Artist's Guide to Pacific Coast Edible Marine Life, by Christopher Dewees, 1984, Sea Challengers, Monterey, CA (special offer) Natural Impressions, by Carolyn A. Dahl, 2002, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-8230-3149-7 Nature Printing with Herbs and Fruit, by Laura Bethmann, 1996, Storey Communications, Pownal, VT. ISBN 929-X Nature Printing, by Robert Little, 1976, Pickwick-Morcraft, Pittsburgh, PA (out of print) Creative Concepts in Nature Printing, by Robert Little, 1985, Hoechstetter Printing Co., Pittsburgh, PA (out of print) Gyotaku, The Art and Technique of Japanese Fish Print, by Yoshio Hiyama, 1964, University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA (out of print, but well worth the search!) The Pressed Plant: The Art of Botanical Specimens, Nature Prints, and Sun Pictures, by Andrea DiNoto & David Winter. 1999. Stewart, Tabori & Chang: NY. 160 pp. Naturdruck: Kreatives Gestalten mit Blattern und Bluten, by Irmgard Lucht, 2000. Urania-Ravensburger: Berlin, GERMANY. 64 pp. Leaves: In Myth, Magic & Medicine, by Alice Thomas Vitale, 1997, Stewart,Tabori & Chang, New York, NY. 351 pp. Typographia Naturatis, Cave, Roderick & Geoffrey Wakeman, 1967, Brewhouse Press, Wymondham, England. 37 pp. Plant Prints and Collages, Geary, Ida. 1978, Viking Press: New York, NY. 101 pp. The Art of the Nature Print, Harris, Elizabeth M: 1989, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC. 16 pp. Nature Printing: History and Techniques, Hochberg, F. G. 1985, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. 24 pp. Nature Printing, by The Ogden Nature Center, 2004, Sterling Pub./Chapelle Ltd., New York, NY. 128 pp. You might also search for books or magazine articles under these various headings: GYOTAKU NATURE PRINTING FISH PRINTING RELIEF PRINTING LEAF PRINTING We strongly suggest that those interested in honoring nature through the art of the print join us in the Nature Printing Society. The Society encourages publication of articles, demonstrations of printing, teaching of classes, and the organization of displays and exhibitions of all forms of nature printing. Available for download
(1.2 megs, Acrobat Reader required) is Christopher Dewees' University of
California Cooperative Extension Sea Grant Program publication Gyotaku
- Japanese Fish Printing. This "how-to" document (with
text and pictures) is freely available for printing and distribution in
educational environments. |
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