Book Description

Pressed flower art is an emerging, close to nature art form and loved by people of all ages due to its accessibility. It is especially a life enrichment activity for elderly, as well as a creativity and observation fostering activity for kids. Pressed flower is such a versatile art media that both professional artists and art/craft hobbyists would find it easy to learn and to work with. This book includes Shelley's award winning pressed flower art techniques as well as basic techniques/processes, tools, materials, how to tips, step by step pictorial project illustrations, close-up details, error-proof/easy to follow methods. It only takes willingness to create pressed flower art /craft and no formal art school trainings/experience are necessary. This book contains many pressed flower craft/art projects, which range from pressed flower bookmark, greeting card, jewelry, gift box/picture frame decoration, candles, pressed flower owl, butterfly, tree branches, ...etc...design templates are provided.