An artwork made of pressed flower by Liu Xianghuan. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
In the past 22 years, Liu Xianghuan has created numerous exquisite pressed flower artworks, some of which have won national and international awards.
Liu, 57, a teacher from Northeast Forestry University, started her study on pressed flower art in 1996 when she tried to retain the color of a fallen leave via mineral acid occasionally.
An artwork made of pressed flower by Liu Xianghuan. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
“At that time, I was a teacher of the chemistry department,” she said. “The chemical reagent made the leave as green as a fresh one.”
Her attempt also attracted the attention from the university’s garden plant laboratory that started the study of pressed flower technology in 1995.
An artwork made of pressed flower by Liu Xianghuan. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
Then she became a researcher of the laboratory and has overcome lots of technical challenges.
Now she teaches a course of pressed flower technology, which has become one of the most popular courses in the university.
An artwork made of pressed flower by Liu Xianghuan. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
Her artworks have become popular at home and abroad.
