Flower Power with Elisabeth Heim

Drawn to flora from an early age, Elisabeth Heim is a self taught artist who finds

the art of pressing petals inspirational when she is creating repeat patterns.

She uses flowers grown from her own garden and has over 150 varieties to choose from.

She looks upon the different shapes and qualities of the petals as a seamstress might,

judging the rose to be like a velvet, the tulip like a satin and the iris like a tulle.

Once the petals have been glued onto sheets of rag paper, these become the beginnings

of often intricate, highly delicate, patchworks. She has links with the Japanese market

where they have made a demonstration video of Elisabeths’ work to sell to interested clients,

apparently the craft is big business over there. In the meantime Elisabeth is researching

new varieties of flower for her garden and hoping to sell her work, into industry, as textile designs.