The participants at last weekend’s flower pressing workshop at Longue Vue House and Gardens probably didn’t know they were employing a Japanese art form that dates to the 1600s. Oshibana, practiced — ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Learning how to press flowers is not as difficult as you might think. The technique makes an ephemeral beauty eternal by flattening the daisies, pansies, violets, and wildflowers that color your ...

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 ...

Aracil hand-picks flowers, flattens them, and then weaves them together over a cone-shaped paper mold. After a couple of weeks, the flowers dry out to maintain a shape stable enough for the mold to be ...

Advanced floral design students Khristine Joy Inay, Jaelah Melena, Ashley Pantoja, Getzemany Garcia Ziga, and Guadalupe Pompa ...

Seven years ago, Netalia Zerina Galea was diagnosed with thyroid cancer while working as a lawyer for a construction company in Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The diagnosis was a harsh ...