A fresh green lotus stalk is used to emboss Morrison’s lotus impressions. A fresh stalk only lasts about 3 days before it wilts. In the Mallee Morrison can’t get sufficient fresh lotus. In Murrayville he grows a lotus growing at his home in a fishpond, but that dies back in winter. Plus its stalks are too thin to use as a brush.
Pictured is the first lotus pod from Murrayville plant, dried.
In Cambodia Morrison dried lotus pods, then brewed them to create a golden brown wash. This hue is used in his Rise series.