Pressed Flower Art: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Learning the Craft

The art of using pressed and dried flower materials to create pictures and designs has been popular throughout history in cultures around the world. Acclaimed artist W. Eugene Burkhart Jr. passes the craft on in this handy, full-color how-to guide, sharing information on tools and materials, detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs, and an assortment of projects, patterns, and design ideas for making botanicals, whole flower designs, and intricate cutwork pictures.

W. Eugene Burkhart Jr. is an internationally known floral designer, lecturer, and pressed flower artist who maintains a studio at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, Pennsylvania. He has won more than 1,500 prizes for his work, including several Best of Show and 11 Artistic Sweepstakes awards at the prestigious Philadelphia Flower Show. His pressed flower art is in collections throughout the United States and the world.