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The Beauty of Pressed Flower Art Words and Photos RACHEL KAUFFMAN
P ressed flowers are real flowers that have been pressed and dried in a pressing machine or between the pages of a book. It is a method that botanists, gardening hobbyists, and sentimentalists have been using for centuries to preserve botanical specimens. Follow the instructions and you will know how to create beautiful works of art using your floral mementos. Pressing flowers is fun and easy. You don’t have to be “artistic” to make your own pressed flower master- pieces; nature will do the work for you. It takes a little bit of patience to wait for the flowers to dry and to arrange the fragile blossoms, but the final product is totally worth the wait. You can save flowers from a special event and turn them into thoughtful, gorgeous gifts, or you can take clippings from your gar- den and create art for your walls.
MATERIALS: • Flowers • Scissors
• Blank Newsprint • Heavy Books • “Float” Frames (I found mine at World Market) • Craft Tweezers • Small Cheap Paint Brush • Acid-Free Glue (I used Mod Podge)
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