Ivy and Bramble Card

Ivy and Bramble Card- from an Original Scientific Botanical Illustration in Ink

- (sealed in bio-film with envelope inside)

5” x 7” (12.7cm x 18cm)

Hahnemühle High White Matt FSC® certified - traceable and responsibly sourced
Kraft Envelope - recycled
Bio-based film sleeve - NATIVIA® - Compostable, Biodegradable, Recyclable
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1 Card £3.50 plus 85p P&P

The bramble is one of the hardiest plants I know, flourishing in a variety of environments. I walk past these plants most days and they are very difficult to observe without some prickly resistance on the surface of the leaves as well as their sharp thorns.

Certain caterpillars love them and they are very useful to other insects to inhabit or hide under. A grass snake may find a nice home in a bramble! Bees, in particular, benefit from their wealth of flowers.

This hedgerow favourite often goes unnoticed until late Spring when their delicate white and blush-pink flowers appear and really blossom throughout the Summer. I love watching stages of their fruit development from green, red (when they often resemble raspberries) and finally on to early Autumn when hoards of glossy blackberries arrive, with some of the best clusters out of reach for harvesting.

For the Ivy illustration in ink - I always find this hardy plant more visible at this time of year when most of the colour has left us. I love the intricacies of each leaf and needed some super fine lines to do it any sort of justice.

This would pair beautifully with monochrome cards and prints of a similar size.

Delivery is via Royal Mail Letter/ Large Letter. Please allow 2-4 days for delivery. I will aim to despatch at the earliest opportunity.