Basic Botanical Pressing Techniques
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Lessons
- 13 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Happy Green Family
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Let yourself be seduced by the beauty and charm of botanical art by creating your own with Camila Hurtado. The Colombian artist is the founder of Happy Green Family, a botanical laboratory focused on stimulating creativity. There, she dedicates herself to researching plants, studying taxonomy, and exploring different techniques for pressing and preserving plants. All this with a common goal: to bring people closer to nature and help them experience its wonderful benefits.
In this course, Camila introduces you to the creative botanical universe by explaining herbaria and different styles of plant art. Learn and practice some different collection techniques, including pressing, preservation, and application. Finally, discover the tricks for achieving better final results before sharing your botanical works of art with the world.
Description
Meet Camila and learn about her work at Happy Green Family, a botanical laboratory focused on creativity. Discover how it was founded and get to know some of her artistic influences.
Get a brief introduction to the world of botany. Learn about what a herbarium is, how it's made, and its importance in biology. Then, go through the different materials and tools that you are going to use in this course.
Discover the correct way to collect and preserve plants. Get to know the different pressing techniques and try it yourself. Then learn how to make your very own wooden press and review techniques to use for your final project.
Camila guides you through the principles of botanical composition. Learn the correct way to glue your pressed and preserved leaves, which will come in handy for creating page separators or framing bulky plants. Finally, see how to make paper frames for your work.
To finish the course, Camila shows you how to preserve and store your dried flowers. Close with some final tips on how to combine your knowledge of botany with creativity, including different styles and personal reflections.
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