{"product_id":"the-pressed-plant","title":"The Pressed Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese days  trend-conscious tastemakers from Martha Stewart to the Pottery Barn are celebrating the art of the botanical specimen. Yet this art form has enjoyed popularity for centuries. This beautiful and lavishly illustrated book is the first to present botanical specimens  herbaria  and nature prints as artworks to be collected-and even created anew. This engaging interpretation of the colorful history of plant collection traces its progress from a hazardous natural science on eighteenth-century explorations  to a fad among Victorian-era ladies and clergyman  to a keen pursuit for todays art collectors  garden enthusiasts  and crafters. The Pressed Plant offers a thorough representation of four different art forms consisting of or created with actual plants: botanical specimens  in which parts of or entire plants are attached to archival paper; herbaria  or bound books holding a variety of plant specimens; nature prints  images made directly from plants; and sun prints  which are produced when a plant is placed on light-sensitive paper and exposed to the sun. A detailed appendix includes instructional material  sources for materials  and a collectors buying guide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946121785397,"sku":"ByrdShop_1556709366","price":53.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781556709364.jpg?v=1769924968","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-pressed-plant","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}