Specialization in Creative Botanical Mixed Media Techniques

Overview

“Now we will prepare your choice of botanicals for our piece by pressing them. I will show you my preferred way of pressing flowers using books and parchment paper.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Pressing Botanicals, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Creative Botanical Mixed Media Techniques. Master delicate embroidery on tulle with natural flowers, blending traditional textile techniques and botanical elements.

Partial transcription of the video

“In the last lesson, we designed our piece and picked out our glass. And now in this lesson, I'm going to show you how I like to press flowers. I like to use books to press my flowers. So I put flowers in my book and then I go ahead and typically just use another stack of books to apply pressure evenly throughout. I also make sure to use hardcover books when I'm pressing my flowers. since that hard cover allows even pressure as well. But if you don't have a whole lot of heavy books at home, you can just use really any heavy object that can lay flat on top of the book. And make sure that the ...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Creative Botanical Mixed Media Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 12 students
• 6 units
• 67 lessons (9h 31m)
• 27 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Areas

  DIY, Embroidery, Fine Arts, Floral & Plant Design, Painting, Watercolor Painting