Casting Flowers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art by Dein, Rachel
Casting Flowers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art by Dein, Rachel

Casting Flowers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art

Artist Rachel Dein introduces readers to botanical bas-relief, an innovative and exciting technique developed by the author,...
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Author: Rachel Dein
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Casting Flowers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art by Dein, Rachel

Casting Flowers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art

$72.49
Casting Flowers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art by Dein, Rachel

Casting Flowers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art

$72.49
Author: Rachel Dein
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Artist Rachel Dein introduces readers to botanical bas-relief, an innovative and exciting technique developed by the author, one that anyone--gardener, parent, weekend crafter, or artist--can try at home in every season.

Casting Flowers introduces botanical bas-relief as a rewarding method that encourages even the most basic beginners to revel in the ability to record a plant's texture, pattern, and delicacy in fine detail, creating compositions as small as a single stem or as complex as a field of wildflowers. All it takes is clay, flower, plants, and plaster. Artists can leave a finished piece bare and elegant, or experiment with painting on its surface, bringing the plants to life in color.

From small plaster tiles featuring a single flower portrait to large panels that suggest an entire garden full of blooms, botanical castings reflect every artist's desire to capture the ephemeral in nature. A meditative activity that encourages artists to explore their gardens and natural spaces for materials, botanical bas-relief teaches readers how to track the progress of the seasons, immortalizing the plants at the moment when they are most alive. With accessible instructions, stunning photography of the process from start to finish, and insights into the artist's own garden, readers will discover:

-Step-by-step guidance on the tools and equipment needed to set up a simple workspace
-What plants work best in botanical casts, and which to avoid
-How to arrange flowers and stems to make well-balanced artistic compositions
-Tips on creating unique pieces of artwork as mementos of a season or records of special occasions

Author: Rachel Dein
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Published: 05/20/2025
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Hardcover
Size: 10.75h x 8.25w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9781643263465

About the Author

Rachel Dein studied Fine Art at Middlesex University, then trained as a prop maker for the English National Opera and worked as a freelancer for 15 years at numerous theatres and museums, including Madame Tussauds, the Royal Opera House and Shakespeare's Globe in London. Throughout this time Dein continued to work on personal art projects. Having stopped freelancing to look after her three young children, she began casting small plaster tiles in her studio at home. Dein exhibited at a local gallery and immediately began getting commissions for her botanical bas-reliefs. Her art has been published in Elle Decoration, House & Garden, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Gardens Illustrated, Period Living, Country Life, The Daily Telegraph, Martha Stewart Living, The Irish Times and Gardenista. Recent books that feature her work include In Bloom, Cast and The Botanical Bible. Previous exhibitions include: The Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Ben Uri Gallery, Hampstead School of Art and the Aga Khan Centre Gallery. Rachel has exhibited at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London for almost a decade. She was artist-in-residence for the National Trust's Hidcote Manor Gardens 2018-19 and Nunnington Hall 2022-23. Her website is www.racheldein.com.


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