Crisp sunny morning at the Winter garden ... then an afternoon in the print kitchen

This morning the weather forecast predicted sunshine, and so we drove a few miles south to Hillier's Arboretum which has a now well established Winter Garden.  We were not disappointed.  Here are some of my snaps:

 

Flowers were the object of my print proofs: from one side of the double plate I finished carving yesterday. 

My background paper is also an experiment: 42gsm Kozo paper prepared for inkjet.

I want the colour to come from the background paper rather than from the print flowers, so I inked up the plate with grey.

Perhaps I will use a paler grey next time.  The figure outline has to be printed on top once the ink is dry, so I'll see what the effect is then.  I will also see how well the paper stands up.  So far so good.