The invasive species harvest

Restoration of native plant and animal communities often begins with the removal of exotic invasive vegetation, which can yield an abundance of material that can be sustainably processed into fuel, chemicals, pigments, lumber, paper fibers and cordage.

Those elements reconverge at the letterpress, where weed-wood blocks transfer extracted inks onto invasive-plant papers.

— Patterson Clark

Observations from others:

Digging into 'Field Work' by Claudia Rousseau, Gazette.net

The Art of War on Invasive Species, by Linton Weeks, NPR. Photos by John Poole.

Spotlight: Patterson Clark, by Carrie Madren, Washingtonian.

Alien Harvest, by Drew Himmelstein for American Craft magazine.

Using Invasive Plant Fibers Responsibly (pdf), by Julie Johnson for Hand Papermaking magazine.

Garlic mustard paper with weed-soot ink; Callery Pear ruler