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  • Flower Press Studio's Colorful Compositions Preserve Botanicals and Bouquets for Posterity

    10 days ago - By Colossal

    All images © Flower Press Studio, shared with permission
    Knowing that flowers only blossom for a short time, there is romance in their ephemerality. Naturally, we want to preserve their characteristics; we bottle up floral fragrances, and the practice of pressing flowers dates back to time immemorial. It's thought that the Japanese first elevated the process to an art form with a 16th-century tradition known as oshibana. The practice spread worldwide, and by the late 19th century, it was a popular pastime in England and the U.S. Flower Press Studio keeps this tradition alive through...
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