Unique dye techniques
Discover new ways to color your papers to make them as realistic as possible!
Realistic tendrils
Learn how to observe nature and translate your findings into paper sculpture to enhance the realism of your creation.
Foliage that will leave your mind in disbelief
Explore new ways of shaping and styling foliage to enhance realism as well as structural stability of your creation.
Example Curriculum
- Introduction
- Materials Overview
- Dyeing Petal Paper
- Dyeing Leaf Paper PART 1
- Dyeing Leaf Paper PART 2
- Dyeing Paper Final Result Overview
- Making Keels
- Prepping Petal Paper
- Making Standard Petals
- Making Wing Petals
- Assembling Blooms
- Assembling Buds
- Prepping Calyxes
- Making & Attaching Calyxes
- Tendril Overview
- Prepping Tendril Materials
- Prepping & Styling Tendril Set A
- Prepping & Styling Tendril Set B
- Prepping & Styling Tendril Set C
- Assembling Tendril Set A
- Assembling Tendril Set B
- Assembling Tendril Set C
- Making Leaves
- Texturing Leaves
- Styling Leaves
- Making Foliaceous Stipules
- Texturing Foliaceous Stipules
- Styling Foliaceous Stipules
- Leaf Set Assembly Overview & Assembling Leaf Set A
- Assembling Leaf Set B
- Assembling Leaf Set C
- Bloom/Leaf Set Assembly Overview & Assembling Bloom/Leaf Set A
- Assembling Bloom/Leaf Set B
- Assembling Bloom/Leaf Set C
- Final Assembly
- Final Styling Tips
- Moment of Appreciation and Review
Your Instructor Kelly Pastorek
My mission in my exploration of paper botanicals is to find and execute the subtle details that are the essence of each bloom, replicating their gestures with as much accuracy as possible. The process of creating botanical art is as much a meditation and appreciation of nature as it is the creation of a physical object. In this way, my botanical specimens are meant to act as a mirror, reminding the viewer of our place on earth and reconnecting them to the importance of nature. This is the power of biophilic design.
Join in in creating beautifully realistic botanicals!