Full Course on How to Press Flowers

Welcome to Little Pressed Flower. Meet Ashton, your flower-pressing tutor, and gain an overview of what the course will cover.

Learn how your choice of flowers can affect the outcome of your pressing.

Explore the equipment required to successfully press flowers. We’ll cover flower presses, papers and how to load a press successfully.

Having a basic understanding of the anatomy of a flower can help you in flower pressing; discover how.

Learn tried and tested methods and techniques to press flowers and retain their colour and shape.

Let’s explore methods of pressing thicker flowers, such as carnations, sunflowers and gerbera daisies. These methods can be applied to other thicker, trickier flowers too.

Explore methods of pressing roses and how to avoid browning and mould during pressing. These methods can be applied to other densely-petalled flowers such as chrysanthemum, ranunculus, peonies and dahlias.

White is a notoriously difficult colour to retain during pressing. This lesson will explore some tricks on maintaining white as best you can during pressing.

Storing your press and the environment you press in can affect the outcome of your pressing. Discover how in this lesson.

Understand why press checks are an important part of the flower-pressing process.

Understand what you need to look for during the first day or two of pressing.

As your flowers begin to dry out, understand what you need to look for during the third to fourth day of pressing.

Your flowers have been pressing for one or two weeks now, but are they ready to be removed from the press? Let’s explore what to expect at this stage and what you should be looking out for.

How long should you press for? How do you tell if a flower is ready to be removed from the press? Learn the secrets during this lesson.

Let’s explore how to move delicate and fragile pressed flowers from the press to ensure they are kept in their best condition.

Pressed flowers can be fragile and there are times they’ll come apart during pressing, or when in storage. Learn how to reassemble pressed flowers to make them look natural again.

Learn how to reconstruct a deconstructed rose. This method applies to other deconstructed flowers such as chrysanthemum, peonies or ranunculus. (This is also offered as a separate short course on the website, alongside how to deconstruct a rose.)

Explore a variety of methods to store your pressed flowers to prolong their colour and shape.

Caring for your pressed flowers post-pressing goes beyond just storing them correctly. Learn how to keep them looking their best for longer, especially when they’re used for art and crafts.

An introduction to Colour Correcting pressed or dried flowers.

Learn the first method of Colour Correcting your pressed flowers.

Explore the Pros and Cons of the first method and which arts and crafts it is suitable for.

Learn how to seal your colour corrected flowers.

Learn the second method of Colour Correcting your pressed flowers.

Explore the pros and cons of the second method and which arts and crafts it is suitable for.

Learn the third method of Colour Correcting your pressed flowers.

Explore the pros and cons of method three and which arts and crafts it is suitable for.

Whatever your reason for preserving flowers, I hope you’ve found this couse invaluable in building your confidence and skills.

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