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    Skeleton Leaves: Preserving Leaves for Everlasting Beauty
    Skeleton Leaves: Preserving Leaves for Everlasting Beauty
    Skeleton Leaves: Preserving Leaves for Everlasting Beauty
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    Skeleton Leaves: Preserving Leaves for Everlasting Beauty

    By Dueep Jyot Singh

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    How to Prepare Your Flowers and Leaves
    Maceration
    Bleaching Your Leaves And Flowers
    Making Labarraque’s Bleaching Solution
    Placing of Your Leaves in the Jar
    Fern Frond Treatment
    What about Leaves without Stems?
    Best plants for Skeletonizing
    Magnolia
    Silver and Aspen Poplar
    Norway and silver Maple
    Weeping Willows and Lindens
    The sacred pipal – Bodh Tree of Enlightenment
    Sycamore
    Ash and Elm
    Duetzia – also known as Deutzia Scabra
    Chestnut, Hickory, and Beech
    Sassafras and Rose
    Ivy and Holly
    Another Quicker Method for Macerating Leaves
    Seedpods and Seeds
    DIY – Tabletop Cover
    Conclusion
    Author Bio
    Publisher

    Introduction

    When I was writing a book on dried flowers, and how things of beauty could be made out of them, I began to think that so many of us have not only preserved flowers between the leaves of our books – because either we want to hold on to their beauty for a little longer period of time, or we just want to hang on to the memories, which are associated with those particular flowers – but also we have reserved leaves in a manner that their beautiful skeletons are left for either our appreciation or for creating things of beauty which are going to be a joy forever.

    So this book is going to tell you all about how you can preserve skeleton leaves – also known as phantom leaves in Victorian times when every woman who had a little bit of time on her hands pressed these leaves in either wooden presses or between the pages of a book, and made something beautiful out of them, when she had the time and inclination.

    So when you look at the leaf in your hand, you are going to notice that it is made up of green material, which gives the color, solidarity, and coherent shape to the leaf. This green material is going to stick to the vascular material, which is also known as the veinwork.

    Our job is to get rid of the green material in such a way, that the beautiful vascular network can be seen in all its beauty while keeping well within the shape and structure of the leaves.

    If you are a sentimental type, and have traveled to a number of places, there is a chance that you are going to pick up a flower from a place, of which the memories are very pleasant, and also a leaf, for reminiscence sake. The only problem is, by the time the leaf dries, it is going to be really brittle, and the moment you pick it up, it is either going to crumple up or break.

    If you put them in a vase, it is going to lose its color, and you are going to have brown leaves collected from the Acropolis and the Parthenon or Mount Olympus, instead of those lovely green Laurel leaves! However, if you do a little bit of proper skeletonizing, you are going to have all those laurels and olive leaves to take you down memory lane 50 years from now.

    The positive thing about skeletonizing these leaves is that they are going to be flexible as well as strong. You can bend them, and even fold them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMendon Cottage Books
    Release dateSep 24, 2016
    ISBN9781370522217
    Skeleton Leaves: Preserving Leaves for Everlasting Beauty

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      Skeleton Leaves - Dueep Jyot Singh

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      Preserving Leaves for Everlasting Beauty

      Dueep Jyot Singh

      Gardening Series

      Mendon Cottage Books

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      The information is this book is provided for informational purposes only. The information is believed to be accurate as presented based on research by the author.

      The author or publisher is not responsible for the use or safety of any procedure or treatment mentioned in this book. The author or publisher is not responsible for errors or omissions that may exist.

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      Table Of Contents

      Introduction

      How to Prepare Your Flowers and Leaves

      Maceration

      Bleaching Your Leaves And Flowers

      Making Labarraque’s Bleaching Solution

      Placing of Your Leaves in the Jar

      Fern Frond Treatment

      What about Leaves without Stems?

      Best plants for Skeletonizing

      Magnolia

      Silver and Aspen Poplar

      Norway and silver Maple

      Weeping Willows and Lindens

      The sacred pipal – Bodh Tree of Enlightenment

      Sycamore

      Ash and Elm

      Duetzia – also known as Deutzia Scabra

      Chestnut, Hickory, and Beech

      Sassafras and Rose

      Ivy and Holly

      Another Quicker Method for Macerating Leaves

      Seedpods and Seeds

      DIY – Tabletop Cover

      Conclusion

      Author Bio

      Publisher

      Introduction

      When I was writing a book on dried flowers, and how things of beauty could be made out of them, I began to think that so many of us have not only preserved flowers between the leaves of our books – because either we want to hold on to their beauty for a little longer period of time, or we just want to hang on to the memories, which are associated with those particular flowers – but also

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