Botanical casting

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Katy Eccles of Imprint Casts outlines her upcoming shows and current stockists.

In between all the usual lock down stuff like gardening, housework and competitive backgammon with the hubs I have discovered a new obsession - casting plants in plaster! Sitting here on my desk are my first attempts - it's been a steep learning curve but hopefully I've learned from most of the numerous mistakes I made! I'll start with my favourite (and most successful so far!) The brambles are from my front garden and I think they look quite beautiful here although in the garden they…

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Impressions of Nature on Instagram: "🩵I am so excited to share this with you!!! 🩵 I promised I would share more casting but I really wanted to be able show you how to do it at the same time, its another very simple but beautifully effective process, like monoprinting, bringing out all of those fine details and immortalising them long after the season has ended and the flowers have gone over. It has taken a little while to pull everything together but I can now offer you a NEW written…

Botanical Casting with plaster bas relief artwork the ancient art of preserving flowers, wedding bouquet preservation, floral memorial, funeral flowers preserved, floral keep sake, witches botanical alter , pagan art, moon art, green witch, the language of flowers, spiritual artwork with meaning,

Katy Eccles is a botanical casting artist based in Edinburghwho can create artworks from flowers and foliage, including wedding bouquet preservation and memorial flower casting. She creates bespoke botanical artworks for interior designers and interior brands, including Birdie Fortescue and Jessica Buckley.