Framing a leaf!!

hey dudes,
so I have this lemon walker plant that has these leaves that are from the prehistoric days. huge!!!

what's the best way to preserve the leaf and frame it?

time to smoke another!!

From my art days when I used to make cannabis paper... Lay it out flat then spray with hair spray. Let dry then turn and spray other side... Will last a long time and retain color... Plastic finishing spray works too but cost more...

Book.

Take a nice big hard cover book and put the leaf in that.

Close the book and apply pressure.

it will preserve the color and structure for decades.

I preserved some by soaking them in vegetable glycerine. They never get really stiff though. I dried mine on the frame matting after the soaking for about a week. After they were dry I put them in the frame with the glass. I gave them to my daughter. I will try to get some pics.

Book... old big phone books rock w more weight on top... i did this from my first grow, i ended up laminating it after it was pressed with clear contact pAper back to back.... framed it on the wall. Still enjoy looking at it, though exposed its color is fading but its still cool to have

Huckster79 said:

Book... old big phone books rock w more weight on top... i did this from my first grow, i ended up laminating it after it was pressed with clear contact pAper back to back.... framed it on the wall. Still enjoy looking at it, though exposed its color is fading but its still cool to have

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BAM!

I took it one step further too... i grew her in a 2 gal square hempie pot w just vermiculite n perlite, so i worked thevvermiculite perlite out of the root ball, i pressed it too, made a frame matt out of it...

submerge in epoxy resin. would probably last for eternity.

Put it under wax paper and iron both sides. Pretty sure that's what we did in grade 2 for a few projects. You know the ones, go home and get leaves to bring in for a fall wall mural .

Budley Doright said:

Put it under wax paper and iron both sides. Pretty sure that's what we did in grade 2 for a few projects. You know the ones, go home and get leaves to bring in for a fall wall mural .

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I can just imagine one of my kids taking a "leaf" to school....LOL

cindysid said:

I can just imagine one of my kids taking a "leaf" to school....LOL

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Well they were maple leafs lol but that would start a conversation I'm sure ........ hi, Ms cindysid? We need to see you regarding little cindysid, seems we have an issue with an home assignment lol. Oh and bring a lawyer lol.

I still have a 2 leaves from a plant I grew 9 years ago, and they're still as green as the day I took them from the plant.
All I did was sandwich them between the pages of a book, the book has slightly glossy pages, so this meant they didn't absorb too much of the moisture from the leaves too quickly.

However I don't know how long they will stay this way if they were to be displayed and exposed to light. Some form of lacquer will help protect them from the air exposure, but it would be best to keep them out of any direct sunlight when you do display them.

Show us the mega leaf!