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Seaweed: Foraging, Collecting, Pressing
Seaweed: Foraging, Collecting, Pressing | Melanie Molesworth, Julia Bird
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A gorgeous guide to foraging, pressing and using seaweeds for a wealth of home creative projects. Both aspirational and inspirational, this guide to bringing the outdoors inside is quite unlike anything on the market and will inspire all readers to begin their beach foraging journey.A beautifully packaged, comprehensive visual guide to seaweed by design company Molesworth & Bird. Seaweed will inspire readers to look beyond the tangled piles of seaweed washed up at high tide, to discover its exceptional beauty and appreciate its many uses. The book celebrates the unique appeal of the plants and showcases the myriad ways to bring their beauty indoors, with the authors providing step-by-step activities so you can create your own prints at home. Whether pressing a deep khaki green Peacock's Tail seaweed or creating a stunning cyanotype with Eelgrass, the possibilities are endless with this seashore bounty.The book is packed with glorious photography of the UK coastlines where the seaweeds can be foraged, alongside stylish interiors, and scenes of beach cook-outs and wild swimming spots. It also includes a library of pressed seaweeds presented in colour categories, with notes for identification and use. There is expert guidance on collecting seaweeds, and it will show how foraged seaweeds can be used at home for cooking, dyeing and printing fabrics, and as part of your skincare routine. It explores the fascinating history of seaweed collecting and investigates its potential as a healthy food source and sustainable material, whether foraged or farmed.
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Mitch
Seaweed: Foraging, Collecting, Pressing | Melanie Molesworth, Julia Bird
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I‘ve been obsessed by the tagged book this year - and have spent many a wonderful walk with my bucket along the shoreline looking for interesting bits of seaweed. So from the bottom of my heart I thank you @Soubhiville for this amazing tote that is just perfect. Thank you 🙏

Soubhiville I‘m so glad you love it! I thought it was gorgeous, the colors and pattern. Yay, you‘re welcome ❤️ 12mo
Mitch @Soubhiville it‘s so beautiful and perfect. 😍 12mo
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Seaweed: Foraging, Collecting, Pressing | Melanie Molesworth, Julia Bird
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Having a lovely afternoon with my new book ( tagged!).

CoffeeAndABook Oooh that‘s fascinating!! Did you collect that seaweed yourself? Are you near the coast? How wonderful 🪸 1y
Mitch @CoffeeAndABook yes - we did a long walk on the beach yesterday and found a few different varieties. I‘ve no idea how well it will turn out! It takes about 3 weeks in the press - so I have to be patient! 1y
CoffeeAndABook Well it‘s beautiful and it will be interesting to see how it looks pressed and dried. What a fabulous idea! 1y
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Chrissyreadit wow!!! and so interesting - will you frame it? 1y
Mitch @Chrissyreadit if it works! I‘ve pressed 4 different species - so would like to frame all four 1y
MemoirsForMe How cool! 1y
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