Art of Pressed Leaves
Discover how to combine leaves and flowers to create stunning collaged artworks.
Leading flower artist Jennie Ashmore brings the art of pressing leaves and flowers to life in this glorious guide and showcase of her work. Through simple instructions, step-by-step demonstrations and beautiful illustrations, she shows how to collect, place, press and embellish a variety of natural materials to create unique works of art that convey a strong sense of time and place.
Following the success of her previous book, The Art of Pressed Flowers and Leaves, Jennie continues to push the boundaries of this classic and newly revitalized craft. She provides a focus on a wider range of plants, often locally sourced. Other groundbreaking techniques include how to design with different shapes like squares, circles and diamonds, capturing seasonal colour, painting interesting backgrounds and experimenting with rubbings, hand-made paper, collagraph printing and plant-extracted inks.
Featuring stunning images from the author throughout, this gorgeous book is a creative and practical introduction to making art with natural materials.
Jennie Ashmore studied painting and printmaking at Exeter College of Art. For many years, she taught art in schools and worked in environmental education, conservation and gardening. Her work has always concerned the natural world and she has always had a strong interest in surface texture, pattern, and geometry. She teaches workshops and sells her work, and is based in Wales. She can be found at @leafworksjennie.