suggested nature printing reading list....

 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

This book's 3rd Edition is now in a limited addendum printing. 
(more information)




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 this site in the referral code box.




Nature Printing, by The Ogden Nature Center, 2004, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY. ISBN 1-4027-0724-X




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




The Printer's Catch: The Artist's Guide to Pacific Coast Edible Marine Life, by Christopher Dewees, 1984, Sea Challengers, Monterey, CA

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! Try E-Bay.)




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.

And here's something just discovered . . . 



Xray Ichthyology: The structure of Fishes, by David Catania and the California Academy of Sciences, 2002, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. 60 pp. ISBN 0-940228-55-6 (Thanks to our friend Don Nelson at RubberStampMadness for this one. He was a kind soul and will be missed.)

It is also suggested that you search for magazine articles under the various headings:
GYOTAKU
NATURE PRINTING
FISH PRINTING
RELIEF PRINTING
LEAF PRINTING

It is also strongly suggested that those interested in honoring nature through the art of the print join 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.


copyright © 2007 Fred B. Mullett, Seattle, WA