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2. Cellestine Hannemann - Wikipedia

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   In the 1970s, Hannemann designed a unique spring-loaded press to preserve and gently but expertly press flowers. This press was a major advancement over traditional pressing methods that had been practiced since the Victorian era of flower pressing. She followed with publication of a guide book, Glorious Pressed Flower Projects, in 1991 that ...

3. 4 Easy Ways to Dry Flowers and Preserve Their Natural Beauty

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   Here are four easy methods including air drying, using silica gel, pressing, or even microwaving flowers to make them last all year long! You'll also find info on the best flowers to use in your ...

4. Flower preservation - Wikipedia

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   This method uses a "flower press" that sandwiches the flower between two rigid layers, often lined with a breathable/adsorbent fabric to allow moisture to leave the flower, then applies a small amount of pressure to the flower, allowing it to keep its shape while it dries. The art is then framed in a flat shadow box style frame, to hang on the ...

5. Plant collecting - Wikipedia

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   Compression may be accomplished with tightened nuts and bolts on the corners of the press, with tightened straps around the press, or by placing weights on top of the press. A book with a weighted object on top of it can also act as a press. [7] When placing in the press, plant samples should be sandwiched between a few layers of absorbent ...

6. Plant press - Wikipedia

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   A flower press is a similar device of no standard size that is used to make flat dried flowers for pressed flower craft. Specimens prepared in a plant press are later glued to archival-quality card stock with their labels, and are filed in a herbarium. Labels are made with archival ink (or pencil) and paper, and attached with archival-quality glue.

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8. Sewing - Wikipedia

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   Sewing Fisherman's Wife by Anna Ancher, 1890. Sewing is the craft of fastening pieces of textiles together using a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era.

9. Oshibana - Wikipedia

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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 ...