October ‘Autumn’
I love autumn; cooler weather, pumpkins, apple cider, renewed interest in knitting projects, but here in central Texas there is something missing: leaves! Most of the trees around Austin are live oak trees, which are beautiful and gnarly, (the kind you would imagine inhabiting in fairy tales), but they keep their leaves all winter. Admittedly this makes winter less depressing, but I do miss leaves crunching underfoot, swirling softly through the air and dancing across the road. I love when yellow leaves collect in the gutters and it looks like the streets are paved with bright gold.
I wanted this month’s print to look of a page out of a plant specimen book. An iconic, simple celebration of one of my favorite things about fall, beautiful autumn leaves.
I made ‘Autumn’ by coating a cooper etching plate with soft ground then placing a leaf on the ground and running it through the press. The soft ground picked up the delicate pattern of the leaf.
