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Black Cherry Botanical Ink Sample Marker

ink made with black cherry bark (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 42” stake

2023

Black Cherry Botanical Ink Sample Marker (detail)

ink made with black cherry bark (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 42” stake

2023

Black Walnut Botanical Ink Sample Marker

ink made with black walnut (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 42” stake

2023

Black Walnut Botanical Ink Sample Marker (detail)

ink made with black walnut (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 42” stake

2023

Dandelion Botanical Ink Sample Marker

ink made with dandelion flowers (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 30” stake

2023

Flowers from Jessica's Garden Botanical Ink Sample Marker

ink made with flowers from Jessica’s garden (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 30” stake

2023

Ground-Ivy Botanical Ink Sample Marker

ink made with ground ivy, (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 30” stake

2023

Honeysuckle Botanical Ink Sample Marker

ink made with honeysuckle vines & leaves (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 42” stake

2023

Honeysuckle Botanical Ink Sample Marker (detail)

ink made with honeysuckle vines & leaves (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 42” stake

2023

Norway Spruce Botanical Ink Sample Marker

ink made with Norway spruce cones (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 42” stake

2023

Norway Spruce Botanical Ink Sample Marker (detail)

ink made with Norway spruce cones (with color modifiers of alum, vinegar, soda ash, and iron) on digital print framed with PE-LD sheets and copper tape mounted on wood stake

5” x 7” placard with 42” stake

2023

Black Cherry Ink Samples

black cherry ink (with color modifiers vinegar, alum, soda ash, & iron) on digital print

5" x 7"

2023

Black Walnut Ink Samples

black walnut ink (with color modifiers vinegar, alum, soda ash, & iron) on digital print

5" x 7"

2023

Dandelion Ink Samples

dandelion ink (with color modifiers vinegar, alum, soda ash, & iron) on digital print

5" x 7"

2023

Garden Flowers Ink Samples

ink made with a mix of flowers from Jessica's garden (with color modifiers vinegar, alum, soda ash, & iron) on digital print

5" x 7"

2023

Ground Ivy Ink Samples

ground ivy ink (with color modifiers vinegar, alum, soda ash, & iron) on digital print

5" x 7"

2023

Honeysuckle Ink Samples

honeysuckle leaves & vines ink (with color modifiers vinegar, alum, soda ash, & iron) on digital print

5" x 7"

2023

Norway Spruce Ink Samples

Norway spruce cone ink (with color modifiers vinegar, alum, soda ash, & iron) on digital print

5" x 7"

2023

This set of Botanical Ink Sample Markers document inks made with plants gathered on the grounds of Mother-in-Law's Gallery in Germantown, NY that are used throughout the series of drawings created for the group exhibition, Par·ley, curated by Field Projects in 2023.

The label design features the plant's common name, scientific/botanical name, the plant family, and native range. The ink samples include the straight ink made from the plant, and ink with modifiers of vinegar, alum, soda ash, and iron. The formatting and font used is a nod to the plant labels at the New York Botanical Garden.

Installed near the plants they reference, these markers are an experiment into bringing more aspects of process into view and highlighting connections between plants, place, and people.