How to make leaf vein bookmarks at home? How to make leaf vein bookmarks at home

Choose leaves with thick and dense veins. Generally evergreen woody plants are preferred. Such as osmanthus leaves, heather leaves, papaya leaves, eucalyptus leaves, tea tree leaves, magnolia leaves, etc. Leaf selection is made in late summer or autumn when the leaves are fully ripe and begin to age.

Cook the leaves with mouth lye. In a stainless steel pot or iron pot, put an appropriate amount of washed lye into the prepared lye solution and boil, and then gently turn it with a glass rod or tweezers to prevent the leaves from being stacked and heated evenly. Boil for about 5 minutes, and when the leaves turn black, take a leaf and put it in a plastic basin with clean water.

Check the corrosion and easy peeling of the mesophyll, if it is easy to separate, you can take out all the leaves, put them in a plastic basin filled with clean water, and then separate the mesophyll from the leaf veins one by one.

Note: Do not pick and place leaves directly by hand to prevent oral lye from corroding the hand surface. Pick and place with tweezers or clips.

When the residual lye on the leaves is rinsed clean, take it out, spread the leaves on a piece of glass (or spread on the palm of your hand), gently brush off the rotten mesophyll on both sides of the leaves with a small test tube brush or an old toothbrush with soft hair, and rinse with a small flow of tap water while brushing until only the leaf veins remain.

Brush the leaf veins, rinse and dry on a glass sheet.

When it is dried to a semi-dry and semi-wet state, apply all kinds of dyes required, then clamp it in old books and newspapers, absorb the water and take it out, and it can be used as a leaf vein bookmark.

After drying, dye it with red or blue ink or other dyes to your favorite color, and then tie a colored silk ribbon on the petiole to make a leaf vein bookmark with clear veins, bright color quality, beauty and practicality.

Principle] The leaves and veins of many plants are composed of tough cellulose, which is not easy to boil in lye, and the mesophyll around the leaf veins is easy to rot in lye.

Production] 1) Add 100ml of water to a large beaker, then add about sodium hydroxide and anhydrous sodium carbonate, and heat it on an asbestos net until boiling. Take a few tough leaves and put them in the above corrosive solution and boil them continuously for 6 10 minutes, at this time gently turning with a glass rod or tweezers.

2) When the mesophyll is boiled, remove the leaves with tweezers and rinse them in clean water. When the residual lye on the leaves is rinsed clean, take it out, spread the leaves on a wooden board (or spread on the palm of your hand), gently brush off the rotten mesophyll on both sides of the leaves with a small test tube brush or an old toothbrush with soft hair, and rinse with a small flow of tap water while brushing until only the leaf veins remain.

3) Brush the leaf veins, rinse and dry on the glass sheet. When it is half-dry and semi-wet, apply all the dyes you need, then clamp it between the pages and wait for it to dry and flatten naturally. After drying, tie a colored silk ribbon on the petiole to make a bookmark with clear leaf veins, bright color quality, beautiful and practical.

Description] The leaves should be selected with tough leaves such as poplar trees, osmanthus trees, and magnolias. When washing, you must be extremely careful and careful, and do not rush to achieve results, otherwise the leaf veins are easy to brush and break.

Soak the found leaves in water for about a month, then wash them and slowly brush them with a toothbrush until they are transparent. When it's dry, it's okay to make tricks!

Prepare materials: leaves with obvious veins (laurel leaves are used here), pot, edible alkali, toothbrush, water, book, paper towels, color pen.

1. The osmanthus tree is relatively tall, the leaves are relatively wide, and it looks relatively flat, which is the best material for making bookmarks. The number of leaves that need to be bookmarked for picking is recommended to be slightly more, as there may be scrap at first.

2. Put all the prepared osmanthus leaves into the pot and put edible alkali, about 80g.

3. Pour in the water and start cooking.

4. After heating for about 15 minutes, gently stir with chopsticks to separate the mesophyll and corrode evenly.

5. When the leaves change color and the mesophyll is crispy, take out the leaves with chopsticks, put them on a smooth table or tile, and gently brush the front and back of the leaves with an old toothbrush to brush off the soft parts of the leaves to expose the white veins.

6. Rinse gently with running water and repeat many times until the mesophyll is completely removed.

7. The leaf veins are pressed and dried in old books or newspapers.

8. Use a highlighter to color carefully, and if you don't have a highlighter, you can use watercolor paint.

9. Completion drawing.

Homemade unboiled leaf vein bookmarks, the materials you need to prepare include: leaves, sealed glass jars, water, and containers.

1. Pour an appropriate amount of water into a sealed glass jar.

2. Place the leaves in a sealed glass jar.

3. Close the lid and seal it and leave it for ten days.

4. Then pour the leaves into a container.

5. Remove the soaked leaves by hand.

Sixth, then dry it, so that the bookmark of the leaf vein without boiling is completed.

Tools Ingredients: leaves, cups, laundry detergent, old chopsticks, old toothbrushes, hot boiled water, transparent glue.

1. Prepare the tools and materials you need, and boil a little boiling water for later use.

2. Pour the leaves and laundry detergent into the cup, and try to put as much laundry detergent as possible so that the chemical reaction can occur faster.

<>3. Pour hot boiling water into the cup and soak for two or three days until the leaves and flesh are soft.

4. Carefully brush off the mesophyll with an old toothbrush, paying attention to brushing in the same direction to avoid damaging the leaf veins.

5. Use a paper towel to absorb the water, flatten it, and do it two or three times repeatedly, and the water content of the leaves can be absorbed.

6. Take the treated leaves to the photo studio, glue them like photos, and prune them according to the shape of the leaves, which is not only beautiful but can be preserved for a longer time.

The practice of leaf vein bookmarking is divided into the following 5 steps.

Tools: leaves, glass rods, alcohol lamps, beakers, sodium hydroxide.

1. Configure 5%-10% sodium hydroxide solution into a beaker, add leaves, put it on an alcohol lamp and boil for another 10-15 minutes, and stir continuously with a glass rod to make it evenly heated.

2. When the color of the solution changes from colorless to dark brown, and the leaves change from hard to soft, the leaves can be taken out.

3. Remove the leaves and wash them with water, and place them in a petri dish to flatten.

4. Gently brush the leaf surface with an old toothbrush to remove most of the mesophyll.

5. After removing the mesophyll, wash it with water, dry it and press it.

In addition to the above methods, there is a simple operation:

The leaves can be soaked in clean water for about a week, and the mesophyll can also be removed after soaking the leaves softly. It's just that this method will take a little longer.

1. Add 400 ml of water, 14 grams of sodium hydroxide and 10 grams of anhydrous sodium carbonate to boil.

2. Take a few cinnamon leaves with complete leaf shape and clear veins and put them into the above solution and boil them continuously.

3. When the solution is yellow, take out a leaf with tweezers and rinse it in a basin filled with water. Check that if the mesophyll is separated, the leaves can be removed and the remaining solution on the leaves can be rinsed.

4. Spread the leaves flat in the pot, and gently brush off the mesophyll left on the surface of the leaves with an old toothbrush with soft hairs until clear leaf veins are left.

5. Rinse the brushed leaf veins with hydrogen peroxide, rinse with water, and then start drying.

6. When the leaves are dried to the state of "semi-dry and semi-wet", apply the required dye, and then use absorbent paper to absorb the excess water.

7. Cover the leaves on both sides with absorbent paper, and then clamp them in the pages of the book to dry and flatten naturally.

8. After it is thoroughly dried, the simple leaf vein bookmark is made.

The above is how to make leaf vein bookmarks.

Here's how to make a leaf vein bookmark:Tools Ingredients: pot, clip sliding machine, toothbrush, glass chips, leaves, hydrogen peroxide.

1. Choose leaves, and it is best to choose leaves with thick veins.

2. Use 10% bright sodium hydroxide solution and put in the leaves after boiling in a pot.

3. Boil for about five minutes, spread the leaves on a piece of glass, and gently brush off the rotten mesophyll with a toothbrush in the direction of the leaf veins.

4. Soak the leaf veins in hydrogen peroxide for 24 hours.

5. After rinsing the brushed leaf veins, put them on the glass to dry.