Mixed Media Collage using dry, pressed botanicals. Great for journals, collage, art work & printing. @LouiseJannetta
Mixed Media Collage using dry, pressed botanicals. Great for journals, collage, art work & printing.  @LouiseJannetta
Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Make a beautiful, unique relief, botanic collage.
Louise used dry plants sourced from the Goyt Valley in Derbyshire, UK, you can use anything that can be dried and pressed from your own back yard x.

Louise uses no less than 300 gsm paper
Acrylic gloss and Matt medium as the adhesive
Acrylic inks
Acrylic aerosol spray paints.
The waxed sheets that were used to help press the grasses into the glue was Deli paper. But something moisture resistant and quite strong would do.

Time Stamps
00:00 - Start
01:28 - Acrylic spray paint
05:06 - Gluing down the grasses
15:12 - Using the hairdryer to make the grasses stick down - This is a very useful tip X
19:37 - compiling the second image.
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