Process Change

It became apparent within a few prints that the monochrome idea was not going to work with the limited plant materials I had available that day. During the heat press process the sublimation dye transfers onto the plants and any other materials being used to create the print. The resulting colour coating then transfers with each successive print. In addition, aesthetically the monochrome prints were rather dull.

It made more sense to change tack and utilise colour transferal between prints, this meant that I could reuse my plants continuously, work quickly (as I didn’t have to spend time preventing colour contamination of my materials and the heat press) and explore potentially interesting colour, pattern and texture.

From this point I began actively encouraging colour transferal onto the plants, selecting the coated sheets specifically for the results they would achieve on the next print, meaning each heat press influenced the outcome of the next. I worked like this until my coated sheets were exhausted of colour.