Botanical Treasures
This wonderfully illustrated book is a snapshot of our extensive national collection of botanical books, herbarium specimens and archival material. With more than three million preserved plant specimens and 70,000 books to choose from, the selecti...
Botanical Art Techniques
"This comprehensive work covers the gamut of techniques? will take students from beginner to expert." -The English Garden This definitive guide is the most thorough how-to available on every major technique of botanical artistry. The exp...
Treasures of Botanical Art
Treasures of Botanical Art reveals the history of botanical painting, its beauty and science, with works from two renowned collections and over one hundred significant artists, dating from the late 1400s through to today. Paintings featured from t...
Botanical Art to Cut out and Collage
Scissors and glue stick at the ready... inject a wealth of botanical beauty into your creative projects with this sumptuous collection of images from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew archive. Whether you're looking for vintage botanical ephemera to e...
Botanical
Swiss photographer Samuel Zeller reveals the quietness and serenity found in some of Europe's greenest, manmade corners. Starting his project in Geneva's botanical gardens, Zeller shoots plants through translucent glass, exploring how the shapes and refractions create a blurred beauty reminiscent of impressionist paintings. Using the same technique across Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and beyond, the photographer draws on classical botanical illustrations from the 19th century to illustrate nature in a contemporary and unusual way.
Botanical
Each PEPIN Writing Paper and Note Pads contains 64 sheets of heavy (120 g/m2) premium ivory paper; the fronts of 32 sheets are ruled and 32 are blank. The backs of the sheets are decorated with 4 designs or works of art, 16 sheets each.
Treasures
Secret Star He was standing face-to-face with a dead woman? and she was holding a un. Lieutenant Seth Buchanan's homicide investigation was thrown into turmoil when Grace Fontaine turned up very much alive-and in possession of one of the huge blue...
In the Footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker
In 1847 Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) embarked on an expedition to Sikkim in the eastern Himalaya, a region where he would discover a huge number of botanical treasures previously unknown to the West. A scientist of breath-taking ability, Hooke...
Shakespearean Botanical
When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he is highlighting the late sixteenth-century belief that the exotic vegetable, recently introduced to England from the Americas, was an aphrodisiac. In Romeo and Jul...
Botanical City
This unique collection of essays explores the botanical dimensions of urban space, ranging from scientific efforts to understand the distinctive dynamics of urban flora to the way spontaneous vegetation has inspired artists and writers.
Botanical Daughter
Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty horror debut. A captivating tale of two Victorian gentlemen hiding their relationship away in a botanical garden who embark on a Frankenstein-style...
Botanical Architecture
When we look at trees, we see a form of natural architecture, and yet we have seemingly always exploited trees to make new buildings of our own. While a tree creates its own structure, we generally destroy other things to build, with increasingly disastrous consequences. Looking closely at how elements of plants – seeds, roots, trunks, branches, leaves, flowers and canopies – relate to buildings, this book asks what might be required to design with plants and become more attuned to vegetal life in our structures. It also proposes that we build as much for plants as for ourselves, understanding that our lives are always totally dependent on theirs. Botanical Architecture offers a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture.
Botanical Illustration
Botanical Illustration - the complete guide explains the processes and methods behind this beautiful art genre. It highlights the importance of the requisite skills of close observation, accurate drawing and attention to detail. Leigh Ann Gale is ...
Botanical Sketchbooks
This inspirational guide explains how a botanical sketchbook can take many forms and hold different meanings. It shows how a sketchbook can be used as a workbook to study plants through drawing and painting in a variety of media. It includes examp...
Botanical Illustration
Botanical Illustration
Botanical Dyes
Botanical Dyes features recipes and top tips on everything you need to know to make your own natural dyes. The process of turning plants into print can help you reconnect with nature, find a creative outlet and develop a mindful sense of presence....
Botanical Illustration
Botanical Illustration - the complete guide explains the processes and methods behind this beautiful art genre. It highlights the importance of the requisite skills of close observation, accurate drawing and attention to detail. Leigh Ann Gale is a leading botanical artist and tutor, and she generously demonstrates her approach in this book. Her worked example of fuchsia magellanica illustrates the varied stages of an illustration. Along with step-by-step instructions to a range of subjects, this book is beautifully illustrated with over 350 images, diagrams and paintings of her and her students' work. This book is a source of inspiration as well as a definitive guide.
Botanical Medicines
Answer patients'questions about botanical supplements quickly and easily!This informative book is a compendium of detailed scientific research on 34 of the most popular dietary supplements used in North America and Europe. Its coverage of pharmaco...
Botanical Baking
Learn how to perfect the prettiest trend in cake decorating - using edible flowers and herbs to decorate your cakes and bakes - with this impossibly beautiful guide from celebrity baker Juliet Sear, best known for her TV appearances on This Morning. A beautiful yet practical flower directory at the start of the book gives a wealth of examples of edible flowers to try, with fascinating notes on their flavour and creative ideas for their uses. As well as using the fresh flowers, Juliet also shares tried-and-tested methods for storing and preserving the flowers, including pressing, drying and crystallising flowers and petals, and making floral syrups for an extra level of flavour. A brilliant Baking Basics section then provides the base recipes for simple sponge and buttercream, as well as showing you how to prepare cakes ready for decorating. Within the projects section, follow Juliet step-by-step as she reveals the secrets to creating over 30 botanical cakes that will leave your friends and family in awe. Embrace the joy of a real petal confetti cake, delight in the whimsy of a flowery cupcake wreath, let a floral chocolate bark tingle your tastebuds, swoon at a semi-naked cake, and many more. Whether you're a seasoned baking enthusiast or a novice, Juliet's passion for her craft will ignite your own creative spark. This delightful guide is not merely a collection of recipes; it's a testament to the artistry and wonder that can be achieved when baking and botanical beauty unite. With every turn of the page, you'll unlock the secrets to infusing your cakes with natural charm, bringing a touch of magic to every bake. Get ready to dazzle your loved ones and impress your guests with cakes that not only taste heavenly but also look like works of art. Whether you're hosting a celebration or simply seeking to add a touch of beauty to your daily life, this book is your key to creating cakes that embody the essence of nature's elegance and flavour.
