When I started these tests with leaves, fruits and flowers from the vineyards of southern France, I didn’t know that limestone had a special composition for my creative process. It was only by opening my rolls of paper with grapevine leaves that I was able to question why all, absolutely all the leaves of each floral species in the area were dyers? I decided to go deeper and do the research about limestone. While plants must be high in tannins, oxides or mordants are main ingredients for the manifestation of colours and shapes, but the study of the minerals beneath them which is part of their growth, makes the experience of botanical printing more interesting. Limestone mainly composed of calcium carbonate not only provides an earthy mineral flavour to the wines of this area, but it also contributes with the pigmentation or enrichment of tannins in the trees, flowers, plants and fruits of the area. Becoming a natural and gradual mordant in each floral species. Everything is connected, all the flavours of the minerals including the limestone are immersed in each type of wine and in each pigment towards the cotton paper. The universe itself in this exploration is infinite and incredible. Botanical prints on French cotton paper from 1979.