Application of nature print on fabric / Nur Ide Amirah Zulkepli

Nature covers all sorts of living and nonliving elements on earth in physical, natural and material world. Mother Nature, in general, means nature, physical, earth or world including the universe. "Nature" is referring to physical world phenomena or in general, the life. Nature is a Latin or Greek word Physis which originally literally means intrinsic characteristics of plants, animals, and other elements that evolved on their own. Nature or in general, the universe, is a evolution of the original thought. (Alam, 2015).

Printmaking is the art of creating print. To make a print, an artist first creates an image on a surface called a printing plate. The print is made ehen the artist transfer the image from the plate onto a piece of paper. The cool thing about printmaking is that can often make many prints from each plate. A printing plate can be made of various materials. Wood, stone, metal, leaf, and fabric are just a few examples. The methods used to create an image on the plate are different for each type of printmaking. The four major types of printmaking are relief, intaglio, stencil, and planographic. (creativity takes courage, Henri Matisse)

Nature printing is a printing process, developed in the 18th century that uses the plants, animals, rocks and other natural subjects to produce an image. The subject undergoes several stages to give a direct impression onto materials such as lead, gum, and photographic plates, which are then used in the printing process.