veins bookmarks is made of veins only by removing epidermis and mesophyll tissues. On the bookmark, you can see that a thick leaf vein in the middle is called the main vein, and many smaller branches are called lateral veins on the main vein; On the lateral vein, there are smaller branches called veinlets. In this way, the whole vein system is finally connected into a network structure. Dye the reticulated veins in various colors and tie ribbons to make a beautiful veins bookmarks.

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tools/raw materials

leaves

brushes

water, pots

methods/steps

leaves must be hard. Soak the leaves in water and put them in the sun in summer. Wait for the water to rot. Veins will appear in half a month. It's light yellow. It's better to color.

Actually, it's not that dangerous. Although it's alkaline water, it's not very corrosive, and there's nothing wrong with it. Just don't touch it for a long time. To make this kind of veins bookmarks, the leaves themselves should be soft in mesophyll texture and clear and hard in veins, and the force should be uniform in the process of brushing. Under normal circumstances, almost every one of them is damaged. This is the rare place to make a complete veins bookmarks!

1. Leaves. Generally, evergreen woody plants are better. Such as osmanthus leaves, heather leaves, papaya leaves, eucalyptus leaves, tea leaves, magnolia leaves and so on. 2. hydroxide

veins bookmarks (8 sheets) sodium. 3. Anhydrous sodium carbonate. 4. beaker. 5. Iron shelf. 6. Alcohol lamp. 7. Old toothbrushes with soft fur. 8. The leaves selected for the bookmark of the glass plate (when brushing the veins) should meet two requirements: 1. The veins are reticulate veins. Transverse veins such as ginkgo garden and needle-shaped leaves such as pine needles are not desirable. 2. The veins are clear and complete, so as to ensure that the veins will not be corroded together with the mesophyll, and also reduce the incidence of the veins being brushed off when the mesophyll is removed.

Rapid manufacturing method 1. Select the blade. Choose leaves with thick and dense veins. Selecting leaves in late summer or autumn when the leaves are fully mature and begin to age.

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Boil the leaves with 1% sodium hydroxide solution. Boil the prepared lye in a stainless steel pot or an iron pot, then add a proper amount of washed leaves, and boil. At this time, gently turn the leaves with a glass rod or tweezers to prevent the leaves from overlapping and make them evenly heated. (The window should be blocked for ventilation, because the leaves smell when boiled)

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Boil for about 5 minutes. After the leaves turn black, take a leaf and put it in a plastic basin filled with clear water. Carefully wash with clean water. (Note: The leaves must not be taken and placed directly by hand in this operation to prevent sodium hydroxide from corroding the hands. Pick and place with tweezers or clips. )

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When the residual lye on the leaves is rinsed clean, take it out, spread the leaves on a piece of glass, gently brush off the rotten mesophyll on both sides of the leaves along the direction of the veins with a small tube brush or an old toothbrush with soft hair, and rinse with tap water with a small flow while brushing until only veins are left.

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Soak the vein in hydrogen peroxide for 24 hours to achieve bleaching effect. 6. Brush the vein sheet, rinse it and put it on the glass sheet to dry. When it is air-dried to a semi-dry and semi-wet state, it is coated with all kinds of dyes needed, and then it is sandwiched in old books and newspapers, and then it is taken out after absorbing moisture, and it can be used as a veins bookmarks. After drying, dye it in your favorite color with red and blue ink or other dyes, and then tie a colored silk belt on the petiole to make a veins bookmarks with clear veins, gorgeous color, beautiful and practical. [1]. Second, the bubble method If there are no above drugs or props, the simplest bubble method can be used. The method is very simple, that is, soak the leaves in water for a week or two to make them rot naturally, and then brush the rotten mesophyll along the vein with an abandoned toothbrush to make a beautiful veins bookmarks. If you want to speed up, you can add some alkaline bath products to the water (it seems that you need to keep a suitable temperature during soaking so that bacteria can multiply. Try to avoid hot weather. It's too hot anyway, so I haven't soaked it successfully. ）。 Dyeing the finished veins bookmarks and taking it to the photo gallery for molding will also make the bookmark more beautiful, and it is also suitable for being used as a bookmark, and it is more suitable for giving to relatives and friends. Although the gift is small, it is also very popular.