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The Art of Pressed Leaves

New Ideas in Pressed Flowers and Leaves

Jennie Ashmore

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Discover how to combine leaves and flowers to create stunning collaged artworks.

Jennie Ashmore brings the art of pressing leaves and flowers to life in this glorious guide and showcase of her work. Through simple instructions, step-by-step demonstrations and beautiful illustrations, she shows how to collect, place, press and embellish a variety of natural materials to create unique works of art that convey a strong sense of time and place.

Other groundbreaking techniques include how to design with different shapes like squares, circles and diamonds, capturing seasonal colour, painting interesting backgrounds and experimenting with rubbings, hand-made paper, collagraph printing and plant-extracted inks. Featuring stunning images from the author throughout, this gorgeous book is a creative and practical introduction to making art with natural materials.