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You will need:

Handful of spinach (fresh, not frozen)
A pestle and mortar or blender (the back of a spoon might also do the trick)
A piece of muslin, clean tea towel or some old tights to drain through the emulsion
A container to keep the emulsion in
Watercolour paper, but most acid free papers should work so play around and coat different types to test which works best
A paintbrush
A hairdryer (optional for those that are impatient)
Foliage to use for contact printing
OR black and white negatives, the bigger the better
OR acetate with a print on it or with something opaque drawn on to it (posca pens work well for this)
An empty picture frame the same size as your paper and acetate or masking tape to stick your print to expose on a window
A day of patience

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Spinach and Turmeric are well known for giving quicker results, usually within a day of bright sunshine. If you want to do a longer exposure or experiment more after trying this out then I’d highly recommend moving on to flower petals such as poppies. Onion skins boiled down also make an excellent emulsion, but it can take at least a week to get results from these.

How to:
1. Blend the spinach . You can also use something like a pestle and mortar to get the green juice out of the leaves. Add water if you think it's needed.
2. Use a piece of muslin or a cloth to drain the liquid and get the pulp out of the emulsion so that you don’t get green lumps in your prints. You just need the juice!
3. Make sure you have your foliage or negatives ready for contact printing, or that you’ve printed out an image on to acetate ready to make the print. Try using posca pens on acetate to create an image and draw something.
4. Using a sponge or paint brush, paint a layer of the emulsion on the paper you’ve chosen. You can do multiple layers for a darker image, but be careful not to over saturate your paper as it can start to fall apart, and use a hairdryer to make sure that the paper is dry before applying the next layer.
5. Once your paper is completely dry, place the leaves/negatives/acetate on top of the emulsion side of the paper and pop it into the empty frame or simply put the glass on top if it's not too windy.
6. This is where you need to be patient! These prints can sometimes take over a week to produce an image depending on the strength of the sunlight outside. If it’s been sunny the whole time you’ve exposed your print then you’d probably be safe to check it after a day or so. If you find that no image has appeared yet then simply put it back in place to expose longer. You can tell how well it's working by how pale the paper looks.

No need to wash the prints afterwards, simply keep them to display away from direct sunlight!

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