Moss Painting Directions & Recipe - Growing your own design

Join the green graffiti movement and grow a design on your wall. You can mix you own moss paint using a cup of live moss (scraped from moist areas but without any soil), two cups buttermilk with 2 cups stale beer or water. Add 10 grams dissolved gelatin or 1 egg white and 1 tablespoon of syrup for the moss to feed on.

Choose a shady wall and paint, stencil or mold your design onto your wall. Accelerate the growth process by gluing dry moss (available from most florists) into your design. Water several times a day with a spay bottle to increase growth and watch your design come to life.

Anna Garforth incorporates a diverse range of natural and recycled materials in her installation work. She has a great deal of experience in design, illustration and typography to expand on for her many public eco projects, community gardens and exhibitions. Garforth’s works are a playful experimentation with materials, language, rural communities and porous social boundaries.