Local
artist
uses
plants

JAN MACLEOD has a green
thumb. But she doesn’t use it to
grow plants.

By EVELYN «8
News Repu.

For the past 10 years, the Van-
couver artist has combed the
Lower Mainland in search of bush,
moss, weeds, shrubs — almost any
type of vegetation she can get her
hands on.

She uses nature's gifts to make
paper which is then sculpted into
exquisite handmade bowls, a
selection of which are on display
at Deep Cove’s Seymour Art
Gallery until Friday Qune 22).

“1 use bullrush, grasses, straw,
manilla, moss and papyrus,” notes
MacLeod, who also makes wall
sculptures and handmade
notecards which have been
distributed world-wide. “1 gather
the plants around Vancouver,
from our cabin on Hollyburn, and
when I’m on holidays | go to the
dessert and gather dead cacti.”

To create her bowls, MacLeod
uses a relatively simple paper-

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screened out of the water. Flower
blossoms are added to the mix-
ture, which gives the paper a tex-
tured appearance. For color,
MacLeod adds fabric dye.

Most of her bowls, of varying
shapes and sizes, are soft, mixed
shades of pinks, mauves and tur-
quoises.

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making process and a papier
mache technique.

After she collects the plants she
chops them up, boils the stalks
and leaves to soften them, rinses
them, grinds them up and puts
them in water, making a vat.

When the plants reach the con-
sistency of porridge, they are

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