How Will Your Flowers Look Dried?

Here is a compendium of pictures to help you see what flowers look like fresh, dried, pressed, and colour-corrected. There is a lot of unrealistic AI-generated floral preservation imagery flooding Pinterest and social media sites, which is spreading misinformation about this art form. At Bouquet & Frame, we take pride in continuing this analog art form. With this recent development, we have decided to build this page on our website to help clients see what is realistic to expect when considering having your flowers transformed into a work of art with us.

Floral Preservation is an organic art form which produces finished products which are not static. Your artworks will change with time, but they will never become less beautiful.

This page is going to be an ongoing work in progress for a while - so if you don’t see a flower you are curious about, feel free to contact us and request that we add that next!

Roses

Roses are present in almost every bouquet that I receive. They are very cooperative flowers, and I love working with them. From a textural and structural standpoint, roses are simple to press and reconstruct from a 2-D and 3-D perspective. However, roses almost always change colour when they are dehydrated. Red roses will turn burgundy. Toffee, Cafe au Lait, and Quciksand Roses will turn lavender (this is always a surprise!). White roses will take on an ivory and cream tone. Blush roses and soft pink roses of varying tones can all fade to the same shade.

Ranunculus

One of my favourite flowers, ranunculus are a pleasure to work with. Please see the grid below to understand what to expect when you are having ranunculus pressed.