THE ART OF PRESSING FLOWERS SUCCESSFULLY IN AUSTRALIA

By Judith Bauer and Ted Devanny

1989

104 paged softcover book in good condition

"THE ART OF PRESSING FLOWERS SUCCESSFULLY IN AUSTRALIA is a book that many people all over Australia have been waiting for. Here, at last, is an in-depth guide to pressing perhaps the widest range of flora ever presented before. The emphasis is on achieving colourful results in Australian conditions.

The techniques for preparing flowers and the pressing methods cover common flowers, including orchids, roses, flowering bulbs and native flower, as well as pressing techniques for fruit and vegetables, succulents, fungi, and seaweed.

The book aims at providing methods that will enable people of varying ages and abilities to successfully press flowers; then utilise them in the making of cards, bookmarks, stickers, framed pictures and other items."

CONTENTS:

THEORY AND COLOUR

SECTION 1: The Press - Equipment and Useful Tools - Insect Control

SECTION 2: Basic Rules for Collecting Flowers

SECTION 3: Glossary of Botanical and Useful Terms

SECTION 4: Ready to Start Pressing - Simple Flowers - Closing the Press

SECTION 5: Storage - Classification - Opening the Press

SECTION 6: PART A: Pressing Leaves, Stems, Spikes, Sprays - Some Common Flower Shapes - Pressing in Profile - PART B: Advanced Techniques - Plant Families

SECTION 7: Things to Make Using Pressed Flowers

SECTION 8: Botanical Specimens

SECTION 9: Conducting a Workshop