Flower Print Natural Craft

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Flower print is always interesting to see. whether it is in fabric, paper, card and so on. Floral print can be made by your own using the correct way so you’ll get the satisfied result of natural craft.

So, do you want to know how to make flower print? This floral print technique is not so difficult and you can make any natural print you like based on your chosen plant.

Actually, you’ll need a little more than just a hammer. Here’s a supply list:

* flowers or leaves to print
* watercolor or other rough, acid-free paper
* selection of hammers (including ball-peen or cross-peen, if possible)
* hard work surface (cutting board, slab of wood, etc.)
* paper towels
* scissors
* pen
* tweezers or toothpicks
* acrylic finishing spray (optional)Start by going on a walk or visiting your garden to find leaves and flowers to work with. You’re looking for things with bright colors that aren’t too juicy or too dry. It’ll take a little trial and error to find good plants, so start with a variety and play around.

Then set up your work surface. You want a smooth, hard surface that you can hammer on and not worry about denting or getting messy. I used a plastic cutting board covered with a paper bag.

Next, trim any chunky or squishy bits off of the plants and arrange them on your watercolor paper.

Cover the plant with 2-3 layers of paper towels. You can also cover it with another piece of paper, but the paper towels work better because they absorb excess plant goo.

On the paper towels, sketch the borders of the area you’ll need to hammer. Unless, of course, you want to vent some frustration and plant to hammer the whole thing.

Start by making small, even taps using the flat side of one of the hammers. This will set the flowers or leaves in place. Then go carefully over the entire area with a ball- or cross-peen hammer. Start by going in rows up and down (see the arrows in the previous picture), then do another pass from side to side. You’ll need to hit every single bit of the plant, so be patient. It can take a while.

Peel back the paper towel to check your progress. If the pattern on the towel is filled in, then you’re probably done. If not, replace the paper towel and start again.

Now peel away the leaf to reveal the print.

Note that different kinds of hammers can give different results — I used a ball-peen hammer for part of this, and it left some round spots that I think are a little too smooshed and gray. The more natural-looking, red parts of this print came from cross-peen hammer action.

Your flower print has done.

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