Herbarium Reference Book

 Using dried flowers and sketches to create a reference book of plants.

I've been thinking and playing with the idea in my head to create a sketchbook/scrapbook/reference book of some flowers I collected and dried last year. 

I am using a Seawhite pocket concertina book in a box.

The sketch of the Black Medic plant which has tiny yellow flowers and black seed pods. It is also known as Hop Clover or Yellow Trefoil. It is a wildflower found on dry grassland, road banks and waste places. I found this quite near to home on a path between a school and a field. It is a valuable source for pollinators.

Here the dried flower itself can be see quite clearly, especially the seed pods.

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Moth Wings are so beautiful

A project for Country View Crafts - 'Winging-it' themed Facebook challenge, November 2024.

 

Take a piece of Tim Holtz scrapbook paper for the background and dip in puddles of faded jeans and frayed burlap. Dry, then roughen the edges  and blend over with faded jeans and scorched timber.

Gather neutral papers for a collage.

Tie a small bundle of sprayed dried and sprayed seedheads, add white berry.

Assemble together, paint small cones with a topping of white paint.

The sentiment I chose reflects how I feel about the world at the moment, not because it is coming up Christmas. I'll be making my Christmas cards in the next few weeks.

My winged element is one of the Tim Holtz moths which I always find too shiny for me so I have given it a coat of matte collage medium.

The splatters on the edges of the frames are cut from some 49 and Market Rub-0n transfers

Once everything has been glued into the frame splatter with some watery white acrylic paint and add cones and snow.

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Tim Holtz - 

Transparent Moths

Layering Stencil - Deco Feather

Stampers Anonymous - Sentiment stamp - Simple Sayings

Watercolor Pencils

49 and Market Teal Rub-on transfer set