How to grow?
Parsley, Basil, Thyme and Sage
Parsley, Basil, Thyme and Sage
Using the cyanotype historical photo process, I created a visual recipe guide for growing flavourful herbs. These herbs are perfect to adding to your daily dishes. The guide visually displays the three stages of each of the four herbs (the seeds/ fresh herbs / dried herbs) through photograms. There are also easy to follow instructions to grow the seeds handwritten in the book.
The actual seeds and herbs were placed and exposed on these sheets of fabrics to create visually stunning photograms. The dreamy aesthetic that the cyanotype process has and the textures of the organic fabrics provides a more tactile, intimate experience for the reader. The stitching of the pages, binding and fraying of the raw fabrics follows through with the idea of one growing their own things and being involved in the whole process, from start to finish. I used this same mentality towards the production of the book.
The actual seeds and herbs were placed and exposed on these sheets of fabrics to create visually stunning photograms. The dreamy aesthetic that the cyanotype process has and the textures of the organic fabrics provides a more tactile, intimate experience for the reader. The stitching of the pages, binding and fraying of the raw fabrics follows through with the idea of one growing their own things and being involved in the whole process, from start to finish. I used this same mentality towards the production of the book.
