How to Press Sunflowers
Learn the art of pressing sunflowers using a traditional flower press, and achieve beautiful results in your own pressing. This course is suitable for pressers of all skill levels.
During this course, weβll cover:
β How to choose your sunflowers to get the best results.
β The equipment for pressing, including presses, papers and dividers.
β Two methods of pressing sunflowers to retain shape and colour and avoid browning and mould in your press.
β Advice on what to look for at each stage of your flower drying out.
β How to store your press and other factors which affect pressing sunflowers.
β Knowing when your flowers are dry and ready to be removed from the press.
β Reconstructing and gluing advice.
(View the βFull Course on Flower Pressingβ if youβd like a comprehensive course on how to press flowers. However, Pressing Sunflowers is NOT included in the full course.)
Please note: any brands of materials shown in this course are not an advertisement. Please see a list below for recommended materials.
This course is filmed in English with English subtitles.
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Welcome to Little Pressed Flower. Meet Ashton, your flower-pressing tutor.
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Lesson 2: Equipment
Explore the equipment required to successfully press your flowers. Weβll cover flower presses and what to use inside them during this lesson.
Explore the equipment required to successfully press your flowers. Weβll cover flower presses and what to use inside them during this lesson.
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Lesson 3: Choosing Flowers for your Press
Learn how your choice of sunflower can affect the outcome of your pressing.
Learn how your choice of sunflower can affect the outcome of your pressing.
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Lesson 4: Anatomy of the Sunflower
Discover how an understanding of the anatomy of your sunflower can aid you in your pressing.
Discover how an understanding of the anatomy of your sunflower can aid you in your pressing.
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Lesson 1: Techniques to Press: Method 1
Explore the first method of pressing sunflowers and how to avoid browning and mould during pressing.
Explore the first method of pressing sunflowers and how to avoid browning and mould during pressing.
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Lesson 2: Where to Store your Press
Learn how where you store your press can affect the outcome of your pressing.
Learn how where you store your press can affect the outcome of your pressing.
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Lesson 3: Day 1 of Pressing
Letβs take a closer look at our sunflower after 24 hours of pressing. Learn what to look for at this stage and what you should be doing to ensure your sunflower is pressing successfully.
Letβs take a closer look at our sunflower after 24 hours of pressing. Learn what to look for at this stage and what you should be doing to ensure your sunflower is pressing successfully.
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Lesson 4: Day 3 of Pressing
Discover what features you should be looking for to know if your sunflowers are successfully drying out.
Discover what features you should be looking for to know if your sunflowers are successfully drying out.
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Lesson 5: Day 7 of Pressing
Discover what features you should be looking for at this stage to know if your sunflowers are successfully drying out and what you should be doing from this point onwards.
Discover what features you should be looking for at this stage to know if your sunflowers are successfully drying out and what you should be doing from this point onwards.
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Lesson 1: Techniques to Press: Method 2
Explore the second method of pressing sunflowers and how to avoid browning and mould during pressing.
Explore the second method of pressing sunflowers and how to avoid browning and mould during pressing.
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Lesson 2: Day 1 of Pressing
Letβs take a closer look at our sunflower after 24 hours of pressing. Learn what to look for at this stage and what you should be doing to ensure your sunflower is pressing successfully.
Letβs take a closer look at our sunflower after 24 hours of pressing. Learn what to look for at this stage and what you should be doing to ensure your sunflower is pressing successfully.
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Lesson 3: Day 3 of Pressing
Discover what features you should be looking for to know if your sunflowers are successfully drying out.
Discover what features you should be looking for to know if your sunflowers are successfully drying out.
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Lesson 4: Day 7 of Pressing
Discover what features you should be looking for at this stage to know if your sunflowers are successfully drying out and what you should be doing from this point onwards.
Discover what features you should be looking for at this stage to know if your sunflowers are successfully drying out and what you should be doing from this point onwards.
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Learn how to reconstruct a deconstructed sunflower.
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Lesson 1: Features of a fully pressed sunflower
Removing a pressed flower from the press too early can lead to wrinkling, or shrivelling, and browning of your flower. Learn methods of checking a sunflower is completely dried out before removing it from the press.
Removing a pressed flower from the press too early can lead to wrinkling, or shrivelling, and browning of your flower. Learn methods of checking a sunflower is completely dried out before removing it from the press.
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