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The process of removing the cellulose and exposing the beautiful veins also means they are often less than perfect with marks and small holes on the surface. This is the essence of the plant material and part of its fragile beauty. | 
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design is used to explore the contrasts in the same shaped leaves, the solid
matt of the dried aspidistra versus the transparency of the skeletonised
leaves. It is a classical horizontal design with minimal material for
maximum effect, and a few, well selected leaves will give you that effect.
The design concentrates on horizontal lines with layering and stacking
and a sculptural effect in the middle to give dominance. A limited
colour range and the flat round pink container gives unity to the design. |
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| The Preparation of the leaves:
Skeletonised leaves:
Accentuate the edge of the skeletonised leaves and add some life by gluing on rows of bugle beads. This physically also brings down the edges of the leaf with the weight of the beads. A small row is on the top right edge and another small row on the bottom left edge. By doing this you will enhance the veins on the leaves as they become more noticeable, coming down rather than being on a flat horizontal plane where the veinage is lost. Aspidistra Leaves: Aspidistra is Colleen's favourite leaf as it is so useful. It can be used green and as it dries becomes interesting often with yellow and orange streaks. The dried leaf, depending on the light source can be quite apricot or a greeny brown, giving you an immense amount of control over the end result of the colour. To dry it naturally just put it in a container without water and leave it. It may take 6 months to get completely dried, and of course in that time you can still keep using it for designs. |
| The mechanics: Colleen
put a heavy pin holder in the bottom of the pink vase and inserted
2 bamboo sticks into the pinholder. These rose up past the level of the vase
at the top by at least 2" (5 cm). A small piece of the dry floral foam used
for dry flower designs was then pushed down onto the bamboo sticks.
The design. The aspidistra was curled around the foam to create a sculptural effect. These leaves were rolled and pinned to the floral foam and also layered outwards horizontally as previously mentioned, with the skeletonised leaves mirroring the aspidistra in the layering.Colleen not only used the aspidistra leaf in its conventional way, but you can see from the top photo she also had the stem coming out on the left to accentuate the line. |
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The New York Times 1000 Gardening Questions and Answers Authoritative, accessible, and engaging, 700-pages based on "Gardeners Q&A." the enormously popular syndicated column, The book covers flowers,
trees, shrubs, the lawn, vegetables, herbs, fruit, indoor plants, soil, pests,
and troublemakers. It addresses problems and provides answers to difficulties
in every North American zone. Hundreds of line drawings illustrate the book,
providing botanical identification and demonstrating how-to gardening techniques.
In addition, sidebars throughout supply supplemental information-"Dos and
Don'ts of Deadheading," "Annuals that Beat the Heat," "To Prune or Not to
Prune: The Clematis Question," "Air Layering," "Windowsill Bonsai"-plus quirky
facts, trivia, lore, and myth. It's big, it's got heft, it's filled to the
brim with information. And it's so lively, it reads like a novel-and belongs
on every gardener's potting bench and bedside table. |
American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers: The Definitive Practical Guide The book is divided into three main sections: the plant selector, the plant catalogue
and the plant dictionary, The plant selector points gardeners toward flora appropriate to their environmental or aesthetic needs (e.g., plants that do well in sandy or alkaline soil, make good windbreaks or have aromatic leaves), while the plant catalogue, organized into sections by type (perennials, shrubs, bulbs, water plants) and boasting thousands of photographs, delves into greater detail about the characteristics of individual species. Each section is helpfully organized by seasons of "interest" and plant size or color: The dictionary lists more than 8,000 plants, from abelia to creeping zinnia. Buy, review and read more here |
