When we were little, if we saw a beautiful little flower or leaf, we used to carefully pluck that flower and put it carefully behind the pages of a heavy book and wait for that flower to dry. Drying these flowers is a simple and wonderful art. This art is known as the art of pressing flowers. So you can engage in this kind of simple and creative hobby for those of you who love and are close to nature.
Generally, what happens in pressed flower art is to dry and thin natural flowers by removing this moisture. So, flowers are a wonderful creation created for memory and love, so with this pressed flower art, we can easily turn that memory into a wonderful keepsake that we will keep close to us for a certain period of time. So, the easiest and simplest, oldest way to press some freshly cut flowers is to use a book.
We must first remove the unnecessary leaves and stem parts of the flower we want to press and use a heavier book. because it is necessary to remove the natural moisture stored in the flower petals, these flowers can be kept on paper that can absorb moisture and placed inside a large book. Usually parchment paper, watercolor paper, or other blotting paper is the most suitable for this. As it takes at least three weeks for pressing, it is also necessary to give such a period for drying the flowers.
it takes at least three weeks to dry the flowers in this way, so we can use an electric iron to press these flowers very delicately. But it is necessary to do this very carefully and with care. First, these flowers need to be placed between two pieces of parchment paper and placed inside a slightly heavier book. After that, the iron should be regulated to the minimum temperature or the lowest heat setting.
So in this article, we have actually mentioned two of the easiest ways to use pressed flowers at home. If you can engage in this art you can do it as a commercial job, there is even separate equipment for this in the market. There are many creative things that can be done using pressed flowers. Sometimes we can make wonderful designs using glass frames. Apart from that, there is also the ability to easily create very creative greeting cards and bookmarks
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