I like to collect and press leaves, and then use them for printmaking. I found a forgotten stack of pressed leaves in an old gardening book. I must have made them when I was a child, on some nice day in spring. The paper thin dried leaves had mostly lost their colour, but kept all their details. The chestnut and sycamore leave were collected later (last autumn).

Ribes sanguineum from the garden
Typical spring flowers – Crocus and Cardamine pratensis
Ajuga reptans

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