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Oshibana (押し花) is the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements. [1] Such pressed flower art consists of drying flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten them, exclude light and press out moisture. These elements are then used to "paint" an artistic ...
Silica gel dries flowers quickly, so it can be used to dry more flowers during a single season than the same quantity of a borax mixture. Silica gel is available under a number of trade names. It is white, but some types contain blue crystals that act as an indicator of the amount of moisture that has been absorbed.
A woman creating a flower arrangement in the 1930s in Tokyo, Japan An arrangement displayed at a church in Beer, United Kingdom. Floral design or flower arrangement is the art of using plant material and flowers to create an eye-catching and balanced composition or display.
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It is suitable for cultivation in a shady or dappled area, or in a wildflower garden, and the flowers and dried siliques are often seen in flower arrangements. [5] Numerous varieties and cultivars are available, of which the white-flowered L. annua var. albiflora [ 10 ] and the variegated white L. annua var. albiflora 'Alba Variegata' [ 11 ...
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Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate (or "matrix") with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond point.
Where stucco is to be applied to a structure of wood-framing or light-gauge steel framing, the framing is protected from moisture damage by applying a cement based primer, or a vapor-permeable, water-resistant weather barrier; typically an asphalt-saturated paper or one of a variety of manufactured plastic-based sheets, known as "building wraps ...