I have been playing with Plaster of Paris making some leaf casts and putting plaster in molds. I made the plaster and spread over several small leaves from the garden. The plaster was too thin and consequently the finished set cast broke quite easily. Another leaf a Buchanhamia ( not sure of the spelling ) an Australian native with a pale yellow calistemon type flower that the lorikeets flock to. There must be oil on this leaf as the wet plaster slid off. Then I made the plaster thicker and got better results with a frangipani leaf and a mango leaf. Poured remainder in an egg shell and added a key ring to the setting plaster.
The small green leaves at the top have plaster on the other side. I can’t easily peel off the leaf so decided to wait until the leaf turns brown and it might make it easier. They have been like this for over a week now. Very hard herb , grows so easily .
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