end of season

It really is the end of the season here for eco printing.  I missed so much of the fall  plants due to work, conferences, shows and such that I am somewhat desperately grabbing any leaves and flowers that are left.  Here is one piece I have started using sumac and  Japanese knotweed among others:

My salmon leather should be ready to work by tomorrow evening.  Here is what it looks like as I examine it today.  The cross hatching if from the rack I was drying it on.  Interesting!  I hope it stays through the working process. 

My show opens in two weeks, so I will have a little breathing time to decide what to make from the salmon leather.  Next I will have to find a salmon skin supplier - perhaps a seafood restaurant somewhere?

Salmon raw hide

1. I have made the tannin solution from my acorns.
   
2. I have obtained and removed the meat from a salmon skin.
   
   
   
3. I washed said skin.
   
4. I rinsed the skin.  
5. I placed it on a rack and put it in the shower to dry. 
   
6. I closed the bathroom door so the cat could not get to the skin. 
7. I discovered the bathroom door open.  
8. I removed the salmon skin from the dog's mouth. 
9. I repeated steps 3 - 6.
10. I put a fan in the bathroom.
11. I removed the rack and skin and put them in the oven - no heat -  so hubby could use the shower for its intended purpose.
    
12. I have achieved salmon rawhide!