Swap the sable brush for a … potato!

Potato print by Miranda SofroniouI always say chips, french fries, frites – whatever you call them in your common parlance – are one of mankind’s greatest culinary inventions. But the delicious potato has other uses too.

Who remembers the potato printing many of us must have done in art class in primary school? Simple spots and geometric shapes stamped in bright pop colours on butcher’s paper. For some reason this primitive printing method came into my head shortly before I went overseas, and I did a quick search online.

‘Spring Flurry’ potato print by ‘Brianchi’Scroll past the children’s experiments and be inspired by the adults out there who are turning the humble spud into an artist’s tool, and plan to get crafty like me. But don’t stop at potatoes – there’s a whole world of vegies out there!

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