Colossal Weed Takes Over Studio

VIENNA VIRGINIA: Sighting of colossal weed in front of suburban home. When harvested, it came in at a whopping 100 inches!

I've been watching this weed grow throughout the summer wondering just how tall it would get. Even I was amazed when I measured it! I decided that this king of the weeds deserved to be recorded. I also decided that I better harvest it before the Vienna Beautification Police left a citation (just kidding).

I had to pull it out by the root ball and it was just taller than the length of my eight foot work table.

Hmm...how to print this colossus of weeds...

First, I covered it with a length of Prepared for Dyeing Kona Cotton fabric and used my Rollrite brayer with Opaque Pebeo Setacolor fabric paint to do a rubbing.

Then, I placed the weed on a second length of fabric and used my brayer to roll paint over and around it. The weed acted like a stencil.

Here are the two prints side by side.

I think there is a future piece here, combining these prints with other fabrics to create two portraits of this weed king.