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Seaweed

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WINNER OF THE BEST MIXED MEDIA BOOK AWARD AT THE CREATIVE BOOK AWARDS 2024

A gorgeous guide to foraging, pressing and using seaweeds for a wealth of home creative projects. Both aspirational and inspirational, this guide to bringing the outdoors inside is quite unlike anything on the market and will inspire all readers to begin their beach foraging journey.

A beautifully packaged, comprehensive visual guide to seaweed by design company Molesworth & Bird. Seaweed will inspire readers to look beyond the tangled piles of seaweed washed up at high tide, to discover its exceptional beauty and appreciate its many uses. The book celebrates the unique appeal of the plants and showcases the myriad ways to bring their beauty indoors, with the authors providing step-by-step activities so you can create your own prints at home. Whether pressing a deep khaki green Peacock's Tail seaweed or creating a stunning cyanotype with Eelgrass, the possibilities are endless with this seashore bounty.

The book is packed with glorious photography of the UK coastlines where the seaweeds can be foraged, alongside stylish interiors, and scenes of beach cook-outs and wild swimming spots. It also includes a library of pressed seaweeds presented in colour categories, with notes for identification and use. There is expert guidance on collecting seaweeds, and it will show how foraged seaweeds can be used at home for cooking, dyeing and printing fabrics, and as part of your skincare routine. It explores the fascinating history of seaweed collecting and investigates its potential as a healthy food source and sustainable material, whether foraged or farmed.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780008557409
Publication date: 3rd August 2023
Author: Melanie Molesworth, Julia Bird
Publisher: Pavilion an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 192 pages
Genres: Phycology (algae and seaweed)
Sea life and the seashore: general interest
Landscapes / seascapes
Historical geology and palaeogeology
Conservation of wildlife and habitats
Nature therapy
Traditional medicine and herbal remedies
Cookery for specific diets and conditions
Cookery / food by ingredient: fish and seafood
Cookery / food by ingredient: fruit and vegetables
Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts
Rural crafts
Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure